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Eisenhower Army Medical Center will transition to ‘Ambulatory Care Center’

Georgia TV stations WRDW and WAGT report that, according to Defense Health Agency (DHA) Director Vice Adm. Darin K. Via, the U.S. Department of War intends to “transition” Eisenhower Army Medical Center (AMC) at Fort Gordon, Ga., to an Ambulatory Care Center. The transition would include “the permanent closure of inpatient…

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By: Joe Paone
May 5, 2026
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Slocum Orthopedics celebrates construction milestone on upcoming ASC

Community members, project partners, local leaders, and media were on hand as Slocum Orthopedics hosted a public Girder Signing event over the weekend at the construction site of what will become its new orthopedics ASC in Eugene, Ore. “The event marks an important construction milestone for the new physician-owned orthopedic surgery…

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By: Joe Paone
May 4, 2026
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ASCQC’s 2026 ASC Safety & Quality Assessment now open to centers through June 15

The ASC Quality Collaboration (ASCQC), an independent, nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to advancing patient safety and quality of care delivery in ASCs, has announced that its ASC Safety & Quality Assessment is now open for its second year. Nearly 400 ASCs participated in the 2025 assessment, and ASCQC hopes even more…

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By: Joe Paone
May 4, 2026
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Fairview Health Systems, Atlas Healthcare Partners form ASC joint venture

Nonprofit health system Fairview Health Services and Atlas Healthcare Partners, which joins with nonprofit health systems and physicians to develop and operate ASCs, announced the formation of a new joint venture (JV) to develop and operate a network of ASCs across Minnesota and “surrounding regions.” The partners state that their JV…

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By: Joe Paone
April 30, 2026
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Report: Asante seeking to avoid Oregon review of ASC purchase

Oregon health system Asante, which last year closed a community hospital citing financial difficulties, is seeking to “dodge state review” of a surgery center purchase, according to The Lund Report, which covers health news in Oregon and Washington. The outlet reports that Asante “quietly asked the state for permission to…

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By: Joe Paone
April 30, 2026
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Advanced Spine and Pain previews “multispecialty healthcare hub” including ASC in Phoenix

Advanced Spine and Pain (ASAP) has provided aerial footage and information regarding its soon-to-open 12,075-square-foot outpatient clinic and ASC in Phoenix. It says the new facility “marks the evolution of ASAP into a regional leader for a five-specialty care continuum.” Those five specialties are interventional pain care; orthopedic and spine…

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By: Joe Paone
April 24, 2026
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Study author: Outpatient surgery shift continues to progress, but concerns about access and equity must be addressed

The University of Pennsylvania’s Leonard Davis Institute (LDI) of Health Economics has posted a Q&A with one of the authors of a study that examines the ongoing shit of surgeries to the outpatient setting. The study, “Inpatient to Outpatient Shifts in Surgical Care: Persistence of COVID-19 Era Changes and Socioeconomic…

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By: Joe Paone
April 24, 2026
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Tour a soon-to-open cardiovascular ASC

Want to take a look inside a soon-to-open cardiovascular ASC? Lifestyle media outlet Bham Now has toured and shared photos of Birmingham Heart & Vascular Surgery Center, which is opening soon in an existing building on the UAB St. Vincent’s East campus in Birmingham, Ala. The article, titled “How Birmingham…

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By: Joe Paone
April 23, 2026
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Mercy Medical Center to pay HHS $14.8 million over ASC-related violation of Civil Monetary Penalties Law

ABC affiliate KCRG reports that Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) more than $14.8 million to settle a violation of the Civil Monetary Penalties Law. “The hospital told the government it may have broken the law regarding an…

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By: Joe Paone
April 23, 2026
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WVU Medicine, Arthrex teaming on ASC project

Gulfshore Business reports that three Southwest Florida-based companies are partnering on a new ASC in West Virginia – and one of them is medical device manufacturer Arthrex. The project is described as a “collaborative model” involving Arthrex, construction management company DeAngelis Diamond and architecture firm Studio+, which are working together on…

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By: Joe Paone
April 23, 2026
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