MedRVA’s surgery center at 8700 Stony Point Parkway. The health care nonprofit got state approval to move an operating room out of the facility to outfit a new surgery center in Chesterfield County. (Jack Jacobs photo)
A locally based surgery centers operator has the state’s blessing to expand its footprint.
The Virginia Department of Health recently approved MedRVA Healthcare’s request to establish a $15.4 million surgical center in the Ironbridge Commons building at 5601 Ironbridge Parkway in Chesterfield County.
The center will occupy 18,000 square feet of the building and feature a general-purpose operating room and a specialty operating room dedicated to eye surgery, according to the state-approved certificate issued June 12.
Medical providers that want to either build or expand facilities in Virginia must seek and get approval through the state health department’s certificate of public need (COPN) regulatory program.
The facility is expected to open in early July 2024, according to a VDH staff report.
MedRVA requested and was cleared by the state to relocate an existing general-purpose operating room at another facility and create a new specialty operating room for the new center.
The VDH provided approval for the project because there’s a “unique need for additional access” to eye-surgery operating rooms in the region, among other factors, State Health Commissioner Karen Shelton wrote in a letter.
The approved MedRVA facility will be expected to provide surgical services to anyone, regardless of their ability to pay, and provide free or reduced rate services to low-income people as conditions of the approval.
MedRVA is relocating an existing general purpose operating room at its facility at 8700 Stony Point Parkway to outfit the new Chesterfield outpost, according to COPN documents. The Chesterfield facility will also house the MedRVA foundation’s low vision center.
Orthopedic, urological and gynecological services are expected to be initial offerings in the general-purpose operating room. At a later date, additional surgical specialties like plastic surgery, pediatric urology, pediatric dentistry and OB/GYN reproductive endocrinology are expected to be available at the newly approved Chesterfield center.
More details about the Chesterfield facility and what its creation means for MedRVA’s other facilities was unclear. CEO Taylan Bozkurt declined to comment for this story when reached Tuesday.
In addition to the surgery center near Stony Point Fashion Park, MedRVA also operates a surgery center at 1630 Wilkes Ridge Parkway in the West Creek development in Goochland. It has an imaging center in the same building at West Creek, per MedRVA’s website.
The Ironbridge Commons building is more than 50,000 square feet. Current tenants in the building include Old Point National Bank, Primerica and Chesterfield’s public defender’s office.
MedRVA was formerly called MEDARVA (Medical Arts in Virginia) and rebranded to its current name in March. The organization began to operate in 1952 as the Richmond Eye Hospital.
MedRVA’s surgery center at 8700 Stony Point Parkway. The health care nonprofit got state approval to move an operating room out of the facility to outfit a new surgery center in Chesterfield County. (Jack Jacobs photo)
A locally based surgery centers operator has the state’s blessing to expand its footprint.
The Virginia Department of Health recently approved MedRVA Healthcare’s request to establish a $15.4 million surgical center in the Ironbridge Commons building at 5601 Ironbridge Parkway in Chesterfield County.
The center will occupy 18,000 square feet of the building and feature a general-purpose operating room and a specialty operating room dedicated to eye surgery, according to the state-approved certificate issued June 12.
Medical providers that want to either build or expand facilities in Virginia must seek and get approval through the state health department’s certificate of public need (COPN) regulatory program.
The facility is expected to open in early July 2024, according to a VDH staff report.
MedRVA requested and was cleared by the state to relocate an existing general-purpose operating room at another facility and create a new specialty operating room for the new center.
The VDH provided approval for the project because there’s a “unique need for additional access” to eye-surgery operating rooms in the region, among other factors, State Health Commissioner Karen Shelton wrote in a letter.
The approved MedRVA facility will be expected to provide surgical services to anyone, regardless of their ability to pay, and provide free or reduced rate services to low-income people as conditions of the approval.
MedRVA is relocating an existing general purpose operating room at its facility at 8700 Stony Point Parkway to outfit the new Chesterfield outpost, according to COPN documents. The Chesterfield facility will also house the MedRVA foundation’s low vision center.
Orthopedic, urological and gynecological services are expected to be initial offerings in the general-purpose operating room. At a later date, additional surgical specialties like plastic surgery, pediatric urology, pediatric dentistry and OB/GYN reproductive endocrinology are expected to be available at the newly approved Chesterfield center.
More details about the Chesterfield facility and what its creation means for MedRVA’s other facilities was unclear. CEO Taylan Bozkurt declined to comment for this story when reached Tuesday.
In addition to the surgery center near Stony Point Fashion Park, MedRVA also operates a surgery center at 1630 Wilkes Ridge Parkway in the West Creek development in Goochland. It has an imaging center in the same building at West Creek, per MedRVA’s website.
The Ironbridge Commons building is more than 50,000 square feet. Current tenants in the building include Old Point National Bank, Primerica and Chesterfield’s public defender’s office.
MedRVA was formerly called MEDARVA (Medical Arts in Virginia) and rebranded to its current name in March. The organization began to operate in 1952 as the Richmond Eye Hospital.