309.683.4490
8800 N. Route 91, Peoria, IL 61615
Peoria’s Leading Surgical Center
The Center for Health Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC, (CFHASC) is a free-standing surgery center that performs a wide range of outpatient procedures in a convenient, warm environment. With its ground-level parking and easy to find location just off Route 150 and Interstate 74, CFHASC is ideally suited to serve the needs of the central Illinois area.
About Us
Accreditation
We are accredited by The Joint Commission, an independent, for-profit organization that accredits and certifies more than 20,000 health care organizations across the United States. Joint Commission accreditation is universally recognized as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to meeting certain performance standards.
CFHASC voluntarily sought this independent evaluation of our standards compliance because we want to provide the best in patient care services. Click on the logo below to find out more.
Employment
Our staff is comprised of dedicated individuals that truly care about each and every patient. We serve our patients in many capacities from the business office to patient care. If you are a compassionate individual seeking employment in a patient-centered environment, we encourage you to review our current job openings.
Billing
The CFHASC financial team is committed to providing a high level of service. One of the ways we do this is to respond to your needs with services our convenient online bill payment option. Click below to find out more and to begin the online payment process.
Medical Services
The Center for Health Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC, provides a full range of outpatient procedures. Your physician may recommend this location for a variety of reasons including convenience, comfort, lower cost, accessibility or because your type of surgery is frequently performed here. Surgical specialties include, but are not limited to, general, plastic, gynecology, urology, orthopedics, eye, ear / nose / throat (ENT), gastrointestinal, pain management and oral outpatient surgical procedures.
Surgeons who perform procedures at the CFHASC must have privileges to conduct surgery at our facility. If you have questions about whether your procedure can be completed at the CFHASC, please ask your surgeon. To determine if he or she has privileges (the ability to perform surgery at our facility), you may check our list here or ask at your surgeon’s office.
Our Partners
The CFHASC is a surgery center located in the north section of the OSF Saint Francis Center for Health complex on Route 91. It is owned and operated by the partners listed below. You can link to each of the partners’ websites by clicking on their logo.
OSF Orthopedics
OSF ENT
Patient Information
Preparing for Surgery
At the Center for Health Ambulatory Surgery Center, it is our goal to provide you with excellent care and make your surgical experience as comfortable and safe as possible. Our surgeons and nurses take many steps to make sure your procedure goes as planned.You can help by becoming an active, involved and informed member of your healthcare team. Please review the following information to insure that you are properly prepared.
PLEASE NOTE: Your surgeon may have given you his or her own specific instructions. Information on this page is designed to provide you with general guidelines. Please defer to your surgeon’s specific direction if you have any questions.
Click on the various categories to see detailed information. If you have further questions, please call our Pre-Op Center for Health Chart office (PRECHEC) at 309.683.4704.
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Child Life Specialist
Because surgery can be overwhelming for our tiny patients and their families, the CFHASC employs a Child Life Specialist. Anyone who has seen Stacie in action can see that she loves her job — why else would a grown woman sometimes put on a bunny suit and parade around making children and their parents giggle?
The reality is that Stacie’s job is about more than just the smiles she puts on the faces of children. She’s there to educate patients and their caregivers about what to expect the day of surgery. A Child Life Specialist does this using play and age-appropriate information to prepare them for things such as:
- the special clothes they’ll wear that day
- anesthesia (both going to sleep and waking up)
- things they’ll see, hear and smell
- how they may feel (physically and emotionally)
Part of the age-appropriate explanation may include demonstrating various activities on a stuffed animal, using words your child will understand. Stacie will discuss any of the child’s fears and concerns (and yours too!). Some children do better on the day of their procedure if they’ve been prepared by having a Pre-Op tour. If you think this type of preparation would help your child, please call 309.624.0226.
Parents, please make arrangements for your other children to stay with family, friends or other caregivers for the day of the patient’s surgery so you can remain focused on your child. Prior to surgery, please review our Preparing for Surgery page.
Hotel Discounts
Occasionally our patients and their families prefer to stay overnight in Peoria if they live a distance or weather has created hazardous driving conditions. Because of this, we have made arrangements with Peterson Hotels at Grand Prairie to provide our patients generous discounts at three of their nearby hotels. Their comfortable and convenient accommodations are conducive to a quiet, relaxing recovery.
You can learn more about the hotels by contacting Holly Fisher at (309) 256-8675 to receive your Special Rates!