The Washington health department will delay its certificate of need rulings for a pair of ASC proposals in Walla Walla, Wash., until Dec. 19, the Union-Bulletin reports.
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St. Louis-based Ascension reported outpatient volumes increased by 10 percent in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019 as compared to the same period last year, Healthcare Dive reports.
LaGrangeville, N.Y.-based Health Quest received approval from the Ulster (N.Y.) Town Board to renovate a former Macy’s store at the Hudson Valley Mall for use as a multidisciplinary medical facility, according to the Daily Freeman.
Stillwater, Minn.-based Lakeview Health hired a construction crew to start clearing debris at the potential future site of a Lakeview Hospital campus in Stillwater, according to Twin Cities Pioneer Press.
Billings (Mont.) Clinic will build a $40 million 'destination ambulatory center,' in Bozeman, Mont., according to Bozeman Daily Chronicle.
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Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Health System plans to open an outpatient ASC at Green Spring Station in Lutherville, Md., and it's hiring an administrator to lead the facility.
Wilmington, N.C.-based EmergeOrtho broke ground on Brunswick Surgery Center July 26, and construction is going according to plan.
The Medford City Council requested that the public comment period be extended for the proposed ASC at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Wicked Local reported.
The University of Minnesota Health Clinics and Surgery Center in Minneapolis will soon feature a nurse practitioners clinic, Minnesota Nursing Magazine reports.
Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health plans to open its $140 million medical campus in Estero, Fla., Dec. 3., Naples Daily News reports.