Sutter Health last week broke ground on its new Advanced Cancer Center and Care Complex in Modesto, Calif. The project, estimated to cost $380 million, is part of the not-for-profit health system’s multi-year commitment to expand health care services and enhance patient access to high-quality outpatient and specialty care for…

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Fierce Healthcare reports that Ascension’s $3.9 billion deal to acquire AmSurg, which operates more than 250 ASCs in 34 states, will enable the nonprofit system to enter 25 new markets and strike new partnerships with independent physicians and other health systems, according to remarks by its new president and CEO…

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TriasMD, parent company of DISC Surgery Centers, announced yesterday that DISC Surgery Center at Tarzana (Calif.) has opened and is ready to serve the San Fernando Valley. The purpose-built ASC will provide spine, joint, and interventional pain care services, including motion-preservation techniques. The ASC features three high-tech ORs and 11…

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Tampa General Hospital (TGH) and Boston-based Mass General Brigham (MGB) this week announced a joint venture to create a "coordinated ambulatory network" serving Florida’s rapidly growing Martin, St. Lucie and Palm Beach counties, with a focus on expanding access to outpatient services including primary care, specialty care, advanced imaging, oncology…

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CoxHealth posted on LinkedIn last week that it formally kicked off construction of what it calls the largest pediatric outpatient center in Southwest Missouri. The St. Louis Children’s at CoxHealth Specialty Care Center is a joint project among CoxHealth, St. Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St.…

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Methodist Richardson (Texas) Medical Center officially opened its new ambulatory surgical center (ASC) in a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week. Methodist Richardson Medical Center President Ken Hutchenrider, FACHE, told local news outlet Community Impact that the hospital has worked to add an ASC to its campus for three years. “It’s really to further…

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Florida Coast Medical Center (FCMC) last week told South Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report that it plans to expand its adjacent Medical Office Building (MOB) in Port St. Lucie, Fla., to include a new ambulatory surgery center (ASC). The MOB, which opened alongside FCMC in September, is being positioned as…

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Tri-City Cardiology Ambulatory Surgical Center announced on Dec. 29 that it had surpassed 6,000 completed procedures, which it said underscores its commitment and ability to deliver “high-quality, patient-centered cardiovascular care in an outpatient setting.” The Mesa, Ariz.-based practice said Tri-City Cardiology ASC was designed to expand patient access to “highly personalized…

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Researchers at Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Md., describe positive impacts on the hospital's acute-care operations and quality after transitioning elective orthopedic surgeries to an ambulatory setting. The retrospective single-center study, published on Cureus on Dec. 30, is particularly relevant as more health systems and hospitals continue to…

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Many ASCs are reluctant to explore technological upgrades for various legitimate reasons -- limited financial resources, limited staffing resources, a belief in their current way of doing things. That widespread skepticism and reluctance can be even more pronounced with regard to implementing and using artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the…

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