University Hospitals Health System Inc.
01/25/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/25/2022 14:25
University Hospitals to Build Health Campus in Amherst
AMHERST, OH - University Hospitals announced today that it will build a health campus at the southeast corner of Route 2 and the Oak Point Road interchange. Upon approvals from the city of Amherst, the organization plans to break ground in June 2022 and begin welcoming patients in the third quarter of 2023. The UH Amherst health campus will include a state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center (ASC) and a medical office building which will provide medical and surgical specialty services and other ancillary services.
A for-profit enterprise, the ASC will be a joint venture with existing UH partner ValueHealth and key local physicians. In late 2020, University Hospitals announced that it had formed a joint venture with ValueHealth to expand its ambulatory surgical network. ValueHealth is the nationally recognized leader in Ambulatory Centers of Excellence (ACE)™ that will accelerate UH's ability to provide value-based surgical care to the communities it serves. In March 2021, UH announced that the first state-of-the-art ambulatory surgical center under this joint venture would be built in Lorain County, with the exact location to be announced at a later date.
ValueHealth's established relationships with employers and national payers will help UH to deliver more value and a better patient experience through our world-renowned surgical expertise.
With five operating rooms, one procedure room and eight post-surgery recovery Stay Suites™, the Amherst ASC will focus on orthopedic surgical procedures, with the capacity for 800 total joint replacement cases per year. General orthopedic, spine, ear, nose and throat and pain management services will also be provided on-site. The center will be certified through ValueHealth's nationally recognized Ambulatory Centers of Excellence (ACE)™ program with a Total Joint Replacement Certification, meaning it will not only exceed national accrediting standards, but it will also meet ValueHealth's stricter clinical, quality and financial measures.
UH expects the ambulatory surgery center to create 20-25 new jobs in Lorain County.
While construction of this center takes place, UH will temporarily initiate this new service model at UH Elyria Medical Center, complementing the comprehensive orthopedic surgical services already offered at UH Elyria Medical Center and throughout the UH health care system.
"We are pleased to offer patients in Lorain County and beyond another option for high-quality orthopedic surgical care, close to home," says Todd Harford, RN, BSN, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, UH Elyria Medical Center.
In addition to the ASC, the new UH Amherst health campus will include a medical office building which will house physicians and other providers in a variety of medical and surgical specialties and other ancillary services.
A for-profit enterprise, the ASC will be a joint venture with existing UH partner ValueHealth and key local physicians. In late 2020, University Hospitals announced that it had formed a joint venture with ValueHealth to expand its ambulatory surgical network. ValueHealth is the nationally recognized leader in Ambulatory Centers of Excellence (ACE)™ that will accelerate UH's ability to provide value-based surgical care to the communities it serves. In March 2021, UH announced that the first state-of-the-art ambulatory surgical center under this joint venture would be built in Lorain County, with the exact location to be announced at a later date.
ValueHealth's established relationships with employers and national payers will help UH to deliver more value and a better patient experience through our world-renowned surgical expertise.
With five operating rooms, one procedure room and eight post-surgery recovery Stay Suites™, the Amherst ASC will focus on orthopedic surgical procedures, with the capacity for 800 total joint replacement cases per year. General orthopedic, spine, ear, nose and throat and pain management services will also be provided on-site. The center will be certified through ValueHealth's nationally recognized Ambulatory Centers of Excellence (ACE)™ program with a Total Joint Replacement Certification, meaning it will not only exceed national accrediting standards, but it will also meet ValueHealth's stricter clinical, quality and financial measures.
UH expects the ambulatory surgery center to create 20-25 new jobs in Lorain County.
While construction of this center takes place, UH will temporarily initiate this new service model at UH Elyria Medical Center, complementing the comprehensive orthopedic surgical services already offered at UH Elyria Medical Center and throughout the UH health care system.
"We are pleased to offer patients in Lorain County and beyond another option for high-quality orthopedic surgical care, close to home," says Todd Harford, RN, BSN, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, UH Elyria Medical Center.
In addition to the ASC, the new UH Amherst health campus will include a medical office building which will house physicians and other providers in a variety of medical and surgical specialties and other ancillary services.