Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center is building a facility with an ASC in Fort Washington, Md., according to an article sponsored by the hospital published Oct. 15 in WTOP News.

An Iowa ASC's certificate of need hearing has been bumped from the State Health Facilities Council's October agenda and moved to February's, The Gazette reported Oct. 15.

American Surgical Group's 16,000-square-foot ASC in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is nearing completion, the company said Oct. 14. 

Virginia Physicians for Women will open a new facility featuring an ASC in Richmond Oct. 25, according to local NBC affiliate WWBT. 

Prescott, Ariz.-based Yavapai Regional Medical Group opened a new orthopedic surgery center in Prescott Valley, the company said Oct. 14.

USA Health is building a health center in Fairhope, Ala., that will feature an ASC, the company said recently. 

Perryton, Texas-based Ochiltree General Hospital is celebrating the beginning of construction of a surgery center on its campus, High Plains Observer Perryton reported Oct. 12. 

Here are five ASCs costing at least $50 million that opened or were announced in the last month: 

St. Luke's Duluth (Minn.) and Gateway Clinic are joining forces for a multimillion-dollar ASC in Moose Lake, Minn., the hospital said Oct. 13. 

Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola Medicine has proposed a surgery center in Tinley Park, Ill., that would cost more than $69 million, the Chicago Tribune reported Oct. 12.

Construction has been completed on Plymouth (Mass.) Pediatric Associates' new medical office building offering ambulatory surgery, according to Medical Construction & Design Magazine. 

Pain Treatment Centers of America cut the ribbon at its new clinic and ASC in Searcy, Ark., the company said Oct. 9. 

Covington, La.-based St. Tammany Health System will begin construction of a $75 million surgical center this fall, nola.com reported Oct. 11.

Spectrum Health has filed a certificate of need for a $23.2 million cardiovascular ASC in Grand Rapids, Mich., MiBiz reported Oct. 11. 

University of Vermont Medical Center is reopening a previously shuttered outpatient surgery center this fall, a year after it closed because of air circulation problems, VTDiggerr reported Oct. 11. 

Buffalo (N.Y.) Surgery Center submitted a certificate of need to expand into a new facility, Buffalo Business First reported Oct. 8. 

Hillsboro, Ohio-based Adena Greenfield Medical Center broke ground on a $3 million medical office building, the center said Oct. 7. 

Construction began this summer on a surgery center on Little Rock, Ark.-based CARTI's cancer treatment campus, the center said. 

MedCraft Healthcare Real Estate opened a $110 million ambulatory care facility in New York City, the company said Oct. 6. 

A $17 million multiuse building housing an ASC is planned in Buffalo, N.Y., Buffalo Business First reported Oct. 6.