Dignity opens surgery center in Citrus Heights for patients who don’t require hospital stay
Dignity Health opened a $13 million surgery center Tuesday in Citrus Heights as part of the company’s 10-year-old joint venture with Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International.
“Providing high quality, compassionate care is what Dignity Health is known for and where we provide that care continues to vary as technology and the needs of our community evolve,” said Michael Korpiel, president of Dignity Health Mercy San Juan Medical Center.
Occupying 16,000 square feet, the ambulatory center will offer surgeries and procedures that don’t require a hospital stay. The facility expects to care for patients requiring treatments from orthopedists, gastroenterologists, general surgeons, otolaryngologists, pain specialists and podiatrists.
The surgery center, located at 7435 Stock Ranch Road, has three operating room beds, three treatment bays and 11 recovery unit beds. About 70 doctors are expected to serve patients in the facility.
“By partnering with USPI, the ability to increasingly provide care in an outpatient setting is made possible, thanks to significant advances in surgical techniques, medical technology, and pain control which results in many benefits to patients including faster recovery times, significant cost savings and historically fewer complications,” Korpiel said.
United Surgical Partners boasts the largest ambulatory network in the United States, operating more than 400 such ambulatory facilities in 33 states. With Dignity, it jointly owns about 35 ambulatory centers in four states It also has partnered with Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and Texas’ Baylor Health Care System, among others.
The Citrus Heights Planning Commission unanimously approved the project in December 2018.
“This state-of-the-art facility is providing needed medical services to residents of Citrus Heights and the Sacramento region and bringing high level jobs to our community,” said Citrus Heights Mayor Porsche Middleton.
This story was originally published April 12, 2022 at 10:48 AM.
