Lawrenceville, Ga.-based East Atlanta Eye Surgery Center wants to become a single-specialty center, according to a letter of intent filed Oct. 27.
New ASC Development
Abilene (Texas) Surgery Center is coming together, according to Chris Whittle, RN, nurse administrator at Killeen-based Central Texas Day Surgery Center and Abilene Spine and Joint Surgery Center.
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health Care has a medical building project underway in Cary, N.C., according to DPR Construction.
Adirondack Health will soon open an ambulatory surgery unit at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, N.Y., the Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports.
Wilmington (N.C.) Eye plans to open the first and only ophthalmology ASC in eastern North Carolina, near its main practice.
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In mid-November, Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care and The Jackson (Tenn.) Clinic revealed plans to build an outpatient surgery center in North Jackson.
Only a dozen states don't require certificate-of-need approval for outpatient surgery center development and expansion, according to Transwestern, a commercial real estate company.
Outpatient surgery center projects are subject to certificate-of-need requirements in the overwhelming majority of U.S. states, according to Transwestern, a commercial real estate company.
Richens Eye Center is opening an ASC this fall in St. George, Utah, St. George News reports.
The Cherokee Nation and Indian Health Services are holding a grand opening ceremony for a $200 million tribal outpatient health center in Tahlequah, Okla., Nov. 14.