Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Clinic Foundation earned approval to convert a former emergency room at Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Hospital and Medical Center into an endoscopy center, the Daily Times Chronicle reported.  By Rachel Popa - 7/25/18

Pasadena, Calif.-based Acuity Eye Group opened two new Dry Eye Centers.  By Angie Stewart - 7/25/18

Baltimore-based University of Maryland Shore Regional Health is seeking approval to swap Cambridge, Md.-based UM Shore Medical Center at Dorchester for a new medical campus with a freestanding medical facility, the Dorchester Star reports.  By Angie Stewart - 7/25/18

Stillwater (Okla.) Medical Center will expand the Stillwater Surgery Center after purchasing a 50 percent stake in the corporation that owns the center, the Stillwater News Press reports.  By Eric Oliver - 7/25/18

The urgent-care division of Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group is opening new facilities in Texas, further expanding UnitedHealth's presence in the state, the StarTribune reports.   By Angie Stewart - 7/24/18

Investment firm LaSalle Property Fund purchased Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza in Houston for $405 million in July, The Wall Street Journal reports.  By Angie Stewart - 7/24/18

Fargo, N.D.-based Sanford Health purchased space in Aetna's building in Bismarck, N.D., the Bismarck Tribune reports.  By Eric Oliver - 7/24/18

Columbia, S.C.-based Northeast Oral Surgery & Implant Center is opening a third location after seeing high demand in the Camden area, the Chronicle-Independent reports.  By Eric Oliver - 7/24/18

Here are seven updates on ASC companies and industry-relevant companies to note:  By Eric Oliver - 7/24/18

Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and Pinnacle Capital Management Services entered into a joint venture to acquire San Francisco-based Physicians Medical Center from Swift Real Estate Partners for $30 million, Commercial Property Executive reports.  By Eric Oliver - 7/23/18

Utica, N.Y.-based Mohawk Valley Health System's plans for a new hospital include four operating rooms for outpatient surgery, the Observer-Dispatch reports.  By Angie Stewart - 7/23/18

Analysts believe Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare has a big quarter in store with earnings estimated at $0.88 per share, the Fairfield Current reports.  By Eric Oliver - 7/23/18

Medical Facilities Corp. will pay a cash dividend of $0.06 per share (CDN $0.09) to shareholders of record Aug. 15.  By Eric Oliver - 7/20/18

Taft, Calif.-based West Side Health Care District is building a $9 million outpatient clinic to replace the area's long-defunct acute care hospital, the Taft Midway Driller reports.  By Eric Oliver - 7/20/18

Here are 41 ASC acquisitions and partnerships announced so far this year:  By Angie Stewart - 7/20/18

New Lenox, Ill.-based Silver Cross Hospital recently opened its new outpatient endoscopy center and is preparing to accept patients, the Daily Southtown reports.  By Eric Oliver - 7/20/18

A Kaiser outpatient center in Santa Rosa, Calif., was evacuated July 18, after a truck collided withan oxygen tanker, NBC Bay Area reports.  By Eric Oliver - 7/19/18

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network opened a full-service outpatient center in an Aspinwall, Pa.-based shopping plaza to compete with UPMC St. Margaret, the TRIB Live reports.  By Eric Oliver - 7/19/18

Here are two new joint venture ASCs with updates in the past couple months.  By Angie Stewart - 7/18/18

Here are five hospitals and health systems that opened or announced plans for ASCs in June.  By Angie Stewart - 7/18/18