Atrium Health’s latest ASC development
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is planning to expand its presence in the Innovation Quarter in in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with a new multispecialty ambulatory surgery center (ASC), pending approval from state health regulators.
According to reporting in the Winston-Salem Journal, the N.C. Division of Health Service Regulation recently posted Baptist’s certificate-of-need (CON) application, which outlines plans to relocate two operating rooms from its Ardmore campus to the new facility.
Scheduled to open in June 2026, with operating rooms following in July, the $25.06 million project will be funded through Baptist’s financial reserves. The new ASC will focus on serving the aging population and medically underserved communities in the Triad region. It aims to alleviate congestion in the hospital’s main campus operating rooms and offer more reliable scheduling for ambulatory surgeries.
The ASC will be housed within the Eye Institute, part of Wake Forest University’s development on the former Inmar Intelligence headquarters property. Surgical specialties will include ophthalmology, otolaryngology and plastic surgery.
UCSF’s new comprehensive care facility
UCSF Health has officially opened its new Bayfront Medical Building in San Francisco, bringing together primary care, specialty care, urgent care and outpatient surgery in the same facility.
The facility houses over 130 physicians and is expected to accommodate approximately 131,000 patient visits per year, with a third of those being new patients, according to UCSF Health. The facility includes 14 operating rooms dedicated to outpatient surgery, four of which are specialized for ophthalmologic procedures such as cataract and cornea surgeries.
In addition to medical care, the building features a radiological imaging suite, a physical and occupational therapy gym, a pharmacy, and a laboratory.
Intermountain Health, NexCore Group open new medical outpatient building with an ASC
Intermountain Health (IMH), in collaboration with Denver-based NexCore Group, has officially opened a 85,000-square-foot medical outpatient building (MOB) in the north Aurora region.
According to IMH, the facility aims to meet the health care demands of the fast-expanding Aurora area, providing a hub for a variety of medical services.
Key features of the MOB include a 19,000-square-foot ASC on the first floor, designed to support primary care, orthopedics, podiatry, general surgery and cardiovascular services.
Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists opens new ASC
Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists has opened a new ASC in Spokane Valley, Washington. Located on the lower level of its existing clinic in Spokane, Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists executives said this new facility provides a convenient, closer-to-home option for patients in the region, complementing the organization’s downtown Spokane location.
“It’s just an exciting expansion for us because there are a lot of people in Spokane Valley and the region overall that can utilize interventional pain procedures,” Trisha Bruininks, marketing specialist for the physician-owned group, told The Spokane Journal.
The ambulatory surgery center has two procedure rooms and is certified with the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Bruininks said.
One procedure room is designated for patients undergoing interventional pain management treatments, such as epidural steroid injections, spinal cord stimulation, and peripheral nerve blocks.
The other procedure room is specifically reserved for hand and wrist surgeries performed using the WALANT method, which stands for “wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet.”
$18.6M surgery center approved for Birmingham
CV Surgical Services LLC has received a certificate of need from the State Health Planning and Development Agency in Montgomery, Alabama, to establish a new ASC in Birmingham. The $18.6 million facility will be located on the St. Vincent’s East Hospital campus.
This new ASC will focus on cardiology and vascular procedures, offering a specialized, non-hospital-based setting for these services, according to a local news report.
The center will include three operating rooms and 11 recovery bays, providing advanced care for patients requiring these specific surgical procedures.
