TriasMD expands ASC footprint
TriasMD, the parent company of the DISC Surgery Centers, is expanding its presence in California with the opening of a new state-of-the-art facility in San Diego’s North County.
Located in the Tri-City Medical Center Health & Wellness Complex in Carlsbad, the 12,000-square-foot DISC Surgery Center is now complete and in the final stages of equipment installation and staffing ahead of opening.
The center will feature three advanced operating suites designed specifically for outpatient spine, orthopedic and pain management procedures. Each suite is fully integrated with motion preservation and surgical technology, including the latest in microscopes, imaging, navigation and robotics for both orthopedic and spine care. The surgery center is adjacent to DISC’s full-service clinic.
“This facility is the culmination of our nearly 20 years of perfecting outpatient spine and orthopedic surgery,” Dr. Robert S. Bray Jr., founding director of DISC, said in a press release. “From infrastructure, technology and tools to protocols, patient care and recovery, all in a pristine and comfortable setting optimized to deliver the best results for our patients.”
Kootenai Health and MultiCare to build medical campus with ASC in Post Falls
Kootenai Health and MultiCare have announced plans to build a new 30-acre medical campus in Post Falls, Idaho, with the first phase including a micro-hospital, a medical office building and an ambulatory surgery center (ASC).
Called the Prairie Medical Campus, the development will be located at the southeast corner of Highway 41 and Prairie Avenue.
The two nonprofit health systems say the joint project strengthens ties between Kootenai’s Coeur d’Alene services and MultiCare’s presence in Washington, including Deaconess and Valley hospitals.
“Working together, we do what we can’t do alone,” Bill Robertson, CEO of MultiCare, said in a press release. “The opportunity and challenge in health care is best served in partnership.”
Construction on the first phase is expected to be completed within two to three years and will include a 12-room emergency department, imaging services, overnight beds, physician office space and the new ASC. The ASC will serve Kootenai Clinic as well as independent physician groups. Future phases may expand the micro-hospital into a full-service hospital as the Post Falls population continues to grow.
“The Prairie Medical Campus in Post Falls is a transformational investment in the future of our region’s health care,” Jamie Smith, CEO of Kootenai Health, said. “Working together allows us to build on the strengths of both organizations for the benefit of our patients.”
Kootenai Health will manage and brand the new campus, while MultiCare is contributing financial investment. The two systems previously partnered on joint urgent care centers and a shared electronic health record system.
Summit Spine expands into Covington, Georgia
Summit Spine & Joint Centers has opened a new clinic in Covington, Georgia, expanding its footprint in the southeastern U.S. The new facility opened to patients on Feb. 28.
The Covington location is the latest addition to Summit Spine’s growing network of 43 clinics across Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
“Our goal is to help patients find relief from pain, enabling them to enjoy a better quality of life,” Dr. Gaurav Rajput said in a press release. “We are dedicated to providing exceptional care to our community, utilizing advanced technologies and state-of-the-art equipment to accurately diagnose and effectively treat a variety of conditions.”
Summit Spine specializes in treating chronic pain conditions such as back and neck pain, sciatica, herniated discs, neuropathic pain and headaches. The Covington clinic offers a broad range of services, including epidurals, joint injections, nerve blocks and general pain management, with access to additional procedures at affiliated ambulatory surgery center locations.
Sutter Health unveils $1 billion East Bay expansion with new ASC
Sutter Health has announced a plan to construct a new $1 billion medical campus in Emeryville that will feature a major ambulatory care complex, a full-service hospital and a new ambulatory surgery center.
The Sutter Emeryville Campus will ultimately include 1.3 million square feet of health care space. The first phase includes the development of two existing outpatient buildings. The new ASC will be part of the regional ambulatory care complex, which will offer services in orthopedics, ENT, GI, ophthalmology, women’s health, physical therapy, urgent care and more.
“Our Emeryville campus project represents one of the most significant investments we’re making across our system over the next decade,” Warner Thomas, president and CEO of Sutter Health, said in a press release. “It’s part of our broader vision to meet the community’s growing demand for expanded access to our services across the East Bay footprint.”
The medical center is expected to open in 2032 or 2033, at which point it will replace acute care services at Sutter’s Ashby campus in Berkeley. That campus will be reconfigured to include a new ambulatory surgery center, urgent care services and potentially skilled nursing care.
The expansion also includes major investments at existing campuses. In Oakland, the Summit campus will be home to the new $400 million Stanford Medicine Sutter Health Cancer Center, opening in 2026 with infusion services, outpatient clinics, imaging, radiation oncology and an ASC. Sutter also plans to expand behavioral health services in Berkeley and add primary care capacity at a renovated building near the Ashby BART station, opening in spring 2025.
Sutter Health leaders say the system aims to recruit 95 new primary care physicians across the East Bay by 2028 and plans to train 1,000 residents and fellows each year by 2030 through expanded graduate medical education programs.
“This plan ensures our East Bay patients have seamless access to the full spectrum of Sutter’s integrated services – from primary and specialty outpatient care to ambulatory surgery and inpatient services,” said Dr. Arzou Ahsan, president and CEO of Sutter East Bay Medical Group, said in a press release.
NexCore, Renown South Meadows open Specialty Care Center with new ASC
NexCore Group and Renown South Meadows Medical Center celebrated the grand opening of the new 121,117-square-foot Specialty Care Center in Reno, Nevada on Feb. 5. The facility includes a new 24,000-square-foot ambulatory surgery center and was developed in partnership with Renown Health.
The first two floors are now operational, with the third floor set to open in May.
“Several years back we were looking to expand our facilities in our South Reno community,” Sam Weller, CEO of Renown South Meadows Medical Center, said in a press release. “We knew we had to expand and build a building that could be integrated into our campus. … So, we worked with NexCore to be able to envision this project and to expand our campus.”
The ambulatory surgery center, located on the second floor, includes six operating rooms, 20 pre- and post-operative recovery bays and an expanded sterile processing department. The first floor houses a full-service cafeteria, a hospital-serving laboratory, and specialized catheterization and electrophysiology labs. The third floor will add a breast cancer center and cardiovascular suite with a 15-bay infusion center, breast imaging, wellness services, and oncology suites.
“We’re proud to partner with Renown Health to create health care environments that meet the needs of today’s patients while being adaptable to future demands,” Jarrod Daddis, president of NexCore Group, said in a press release.
