ASCs Remain Safe for Surgery

Raleigh, N.C.–March 16, 2020 – Compass surgery center administrators balance the management of healthcare facilities amid global materials shortages and rising public health concerns, while maintaining their commitment to excellent patient care. Compass is grateful for the administrators’ courage and poise in confronting challenges, including the staffing and scheduling of their centers.

Administrators are committed to collaborating on protocols, best practices, and preparedness, as well as the current state of COVID-19 in the U.S., following guidelines from both The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). A consolidator of expert information, The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) affirms ASCs have an opportunity, in this time, to provide safe surgical services to their communities, without depleting essential resources necessary to care for those who are ill and emergent, from COVID-19 or otherwise. In turn, as Compass administrators continue operating their centers, they can substantially reduce the number of patients needing inpatient care, and therefore ease the burden on hospitals.

Raleigh, N.C. and Winston-Salem, N.C. –March 6, 2020 – Compass Surgical Partners, LLC has hired Frank L. Blum Construction, based in Winston-Salem, to build Kimel Park Surgery Center (“KPSC,” formerly Triad Center for Surgery).

“Compass is thrilled to be working with such a reputable builder,” said Will Holding, Compass Director of Strategy, “The finished product will be a true asset to the Winston-Salem community.”

KPSC will be located at 180 Kimel Park Drive in Winston-Salem near I-40 and Forsyth Medical Center. It will include two operating rooms and three procedure rooms and will support a broad range of surgical procedures, including common ASC-based procedures such as sports medicine and ophthalmology as well as complex surgical cases such as total joint replacement and spine surgery.

Raleigh, N.C. and Holly Springs, N.C. – January 30, 2020 – Holly Springs Surgery Center (HSSC) in Holly Springs, N.C. has received a three-year renewal of their accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC).

Holly Springs Surgery Center is a partnership between Compass Surgical Partners, WakeMed, Novant Health, and a group of local physicians including Cary Orthopedics; Wake Orthopedics; Holly Springs Ear, Nose, and Throat; Cary Ophthalmology; and others.

Since its inception three years ago, HSSC has provided an exceptional surgical option to residents of southern and western Wake County, N.C. allowing for high value and convenient care, closer to home.

Raleigh, N.C. and St. Petersburg, Fla. – June 27, 2019 –The recently opened Skyway Surgery Center (SSC) in St. Petersburg, Fla. has received accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) and “deemed status” certification from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The ambulatory surgery center is a partnership between Compass Surgical Partners and a group of local physicians.

“Our team put a tremendous amount of work in launching our surgery center and becoming accredited in a very short period,” said Laura Smith, Administrator for SSC. “We place a high degree of value in objective, third-party quality evaluation. We received a full, three-year term of accreditation, a testament to quality and patient safety in our center.”

Raleigh, N.C. and Winston-Salem, N.C. – May 23, 2019 – A partnership including a group of local surgeons and Compass Surgical Partners have received a Certificate of Need from the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation Certificate of Need Section to develop an ambulatory surgery center in Winston-Salem. The partnership includes OrthoCarolina, its physicians local to Winston-Salem, and additional independent ophthalmologists and pain management specialists. The new surgery center is currently being called the Triad Center for Surgery.

The partners originally filed a Certificate of Need Application on May 15, 2018 and were deemed an approved applicant by the state in October 2018. The full certificate was provided to TCS in April 2019.