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University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) on Monday announced it has opened Colony Park North, an approximately 131,000-square-foot campus in Ridgeland, Miss., that includes a medical office building, ambulatory surgery facility, advanced imaging services and an education space, as well as numerous clinics that focus on various surgical specialties. In…
The Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals AFT Local 5017, a union representing more than 6,000 nurses and health professionals in Oregon and Southwest Washington, has issued a “formal declaration” to Kaiser Permanente Northwest President Wendy Watson expressing “no confidence” in Director of Nursing Misty Weaver, MBA-HM, BSN, RN, ST,…
Here’s the latest news on ASC facilities: New on-campus ASC coming to Clemson Leaders from MUSC Health and Clemson University joined to break ground on a state-of-the-art medical facility that they say will open on the school’s main campus in fall 2027. Designed to “deliver the highest-quality student health and…
A new peer-reviewed study published on Cureus finds that data-intensive machine learning is suitable for predicting the case durations of common surgical procedures at ASCs. The researchers – Franklin Dexter, MD, PhD, professor of anesthesiology at the University of Iowa; Brenda G. Fahy, MD, an anesthesiologist at the University of Florida;…
The 2026 OR Business Management Summit, a spirited gathering of perioperative business leaders across the full spectrum of surgical facilities, concluded yesterday in Austin, Texas, and the ASC leadership community’s strong presence at the event was evident and vital. A robust track of ASC-specific programming featured ASC leaders presenting, coaching…
WVNews reports that WVU Medicine United Hospital Center (UHC) broke ground last week on a two-story, 62,000-square-foot, $48 million outpatient surgery center on three acres adjacent to the hospital on its Bridgeport, W.Va., campus. “The outpatient surgery center will better position UHC to improve access to world-class surgery care and enhance…
According to a new study published in Health Affairs, prices rose 11% at ASCs after they were acquired by Optum, a sister company of UnitedHealthcare. Healthcare Dive has an analysis of the study. It reports that the price hikes are “probably because the newly acquired providers were able to negotiate higher…
Current Clinic, which describes itself as “the first healthcare network in the United States focused on atrial fibrillation and cardiac arrhythmia care” delivered through an “ASC-based” model, said it successfully completed its first cardiac ablation procedures late last month at its Carlsbad, N.M. location, calling them “the first cardiac ablations…
ASC development and management company Compass Surgical Partners has partnered with local physicians to develop and launch the Cardiovascular Surgical Institute of Northwest Florida, which began performing cases at its Panama City location last month. The 8,000-square-foot outpatient facility offers interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, and vascular surgery procedures. Compass, referring to…
Kara Newbury, JD, chief advocacy officer of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA), recently spent some time with OR Manager to discuss the impact of CMS’ 2026 Final Payment Rule, as well as how ASCA is working with both regulators and legislators to achieve even more gains for the ASC…
