Which Sarasota, Manatee surgery surgery centers earn high-performing marks new ratings?

Earle Kimel, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
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The Center for Endoscopy-Sarasota, 3325 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota earned a high-performing ranking in Colonoscopy and Endoscopy procedures in the first rankings by U.S. News & World Report of the Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers in the United States.
The Center for Endoscopy-Sarasota, 3325 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota earned a high-performing ranking in Colonoscopy and Endoscopy procedures in the first rankings by U.S. News & World Report of the Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers in the United States.

Five local surgery centers – two in Sarasota County, one in Bradenton and two in Charlotte County− earned high performing ratings in the first rankings by U.S. News & World Report of the Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers in the United States.

The rankings were released online May 14. Other rankings routinely released by U.S. News & World Report include the nation's best hospitals, best nursing homes and best high schools.

U.S. News & World Report, along with CareJourney, an Arlington, Virginia-based healthcare analytic firm, ranked almost 5,000 ambulatory surgery centers in four separate specialty areas: colonoscopy & endoscopy, ophthalmology, orthopedics & spine and urology, awarding a total of 717 high performing ratings.

U.S. News said that it developed the consumer-centered ratings to help patients – along with their health care providers – identify high-quality sites for common same-day diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.

Fewer than 15% of evaluated facilities earned a “High Performing” rating.

“Same-day procedures play an increasingly prominent role in health care as an alternative to overnight hospital care,” Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News & World Report said in a press release. “Building on our 34 years of experience evaluating Best Hospitals, we’re proud to give patients this new, free, data-driven tool to help them navigate their health care needs.”

The full ratings can be found at this link:https://bit.ly/3K2GbEF for best results search a specialty by zip code.

What local ambulatory surgery centers ranked the highest?

The Surgery Center at Pointe West, East Center, 6015 Pointe West Boulevard, Bradenton, earned a high-performing ranking in Orthopedics and Spine surgery, as did Premier Surgery Center of Sarasota, 983 S. Beneva Road, Sarasota.

The Center for Endoscopy-Sarasota, 3325 S. Tamiami Trail, earned a high-performing ranking in Colonoscopy and Endoscopy procedures.

In all, U.S. News & World Report analyzed the performance of 12 ambulatory surgery centers in Sarasota, eight in Bradenton and three in Venice.

It also analyzed four centers in Charlotte County – two of which received high-performing rankings as well: the Charlotte Endoscopic Surgery Center in Colonoscopy and Endoscopy procedures; and Surgery Center of Port Charlotte in Orthopedic and Spine surgery. Both are located at 23970 Suncoast Blvd., Port Charlotte.

This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: See how local ambulatory surgical centers fared in national rankings