Most states still require hospitals and other providers to earn a certificate-of-need before developing healthcare facilities including hospitals and ASCs. But what often determines whether an application survives, though, has less to do with community need than with who gets…
New ASC Development
Seattle Children’s is building a $103 million ASC in Federal Way, Wash., adding three pediatric operating rooms to its South Sound region, The Daily Journal of Commerce reported Aug. 14. The Seattle-based pediatric health system filed a certificate of need…
Multiple developers are set to break ground on a healthcare facility and surgery center in Hoover, Ala., according to an Aug. 13 report from Yellow Hammer News. The South Haven Surgical Plaza is an 80,000-square-foot, four-story medical center that includes…
Certificate-of-need laws, once pitched as a method for preventing the duplication of healthcare services, have become highly controversial as their opponents cite them as a factor contributing to soaring healthcare costs. CON laws vary significantly from state-to-state, with different requirements…
Certificate-of-need laws, established decades ago in an attempt to prevent health services from being unnecessarily duplicated within a geographic area, have become some of the most controversial policies in healthcare. A briefing paper published Aug. 11 by the Cato Institute,…
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Manchester, N.H.-based Elliot Health System has opened its expanded surgery center. Elliot 1-Day Surgery Center, which included 18 pre-operative rooms, six operating rooms and 12 post-anesthesia care unit bays, added six dedicated procedure rooms in the expansion, according to a…
Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center has purchased 34 acres of land in Lakeland, Fla., for $12 million to build an ASC and outpatient center, according to an Aug. 6 report from Lakeland Gazette. Phase 1 of the outpatient center will…
Naples (Fla.) Comprehensive Health has opened the NCH Robotic Surgery Institute, an outpatient surgery center for minimally invasive robotic procedures. Independent community physicians and NCH-employed surgeons will work in the shared environment, and support procedures across specialties including general surgery,…
Harlingen (Texas) Medical Center is set to cut the ribbon on its advanced surgical institute on Aug. 6. The Advanced Surgical Institute at HMC will provide endoscopic, general, orthopedic and urology procedures, according to a July 31 news release from…
Here are 10 ASC projects that were announced or completed in July, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare opened a new ASC in Gaylord, Mich., after receiving accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care…