ASC Leader According to the Nashville Business Journal (NBJ), an entity called OneCity Surgery Center LLC has filed a letter of intent with the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission to establish an ASC in West Nashville’s oneC1TY, an 18.7-acre, master-planned mixed-use and wellness community. According to its letter of intent, the entity is…
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) has published the results of its third-quarter 2026 60-Second Survey via its media outlet ASC Focus. The focus of the survey, which received 307 responses from ASCs in 44 states, is a relevant one: “facility operations related to anesthesia services.” Some of the findings:…
If you’ve been receiving our ASC Leader newsletter over the last year, you know we’ve been landing in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday with breaking news items from around the ambulatory surgery industry. Starting today, we’ve reduced the frequency to once a week: every Wednesday afternoon. The reason for…
Michigan Medicine announced today that The University of Michigan Board of Regents has authorized the Nathan and Catherine Forbes Sports Medicine Institute project. Scheduled for completion in fall 2028, the three-level, 100,000-square-foot facility in Ann Arbor, Mich., will serve as the hub of University of Michigan Health’s statewide sports medicine…
The Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA) has published a position statement regarding a simplified approach to risk assessment and prophylaxis for prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after ambulatory surgery. The clinical practice recommendation paper, free to read in its entirety, was published in the October edition of the journal Anesthesia…
Kaiser Permanente has broken ground on what it calls its “most significant brick-and-mortar investment in Colorado since 2011.” The new Kaiser Permanente Westminster Medical Offices, slated to open in 2028, will house an outpatient surgery center, robotic surgery, urgent care, primary care, specialty care, pharmacy, lab services, and more for…
Novant Health has completed the final phase of its South Asheville Medical Park in North Carolina. A new ASC and imaging center will open this fall, “bringing together women’s care, cancer care, imaging and outpatient surgery in one convenient location.” South Asheville Medical Park is home to providers such as…
DISC Surgery Center at Carlsbad and Sharp HealthCare ("Sharp") have announced a strategic alliance which will find the ASC co-branded as Sharp DISC Surgery Center Carlsbad. This partnership, which builds upon DISC’s previous collaboration with what is now Sharp Tri-City Medical Center, is expected to “further expand North County San…
Indiana healthcare system Henry Community Health (HCH) has broken ground on a new ASC in Knightstown. The site is on a campus HCH purchased in 2020 and has since undergone a phased development plan. The first phase, a 26,000-square-foot facility offering primary care, orthopedics and urology services, opened in September…
Pediatric patients with multimorbidity (MM) are at increased risk of adverse perioperative outcomes. A new study published in the journal Pediatric Anesthesia examines the prevalence of MM and its association with same-day hospital admission following scheduled pediatric ambulatory surgery, which the researchers state has not been previously well described. “Despite…
