Here are 10 ASC projects that were announced or completed in October, as reported by Becker’s:
1. U.S. Orthopaedic Partners, an integrated orthopedic care platform, and Southern Orthopaedic Surgeons, a multilocation orthopedic group, are planning to build an ASC in Montgomery, Ala.
2. Loyola Medicine plans to build a $120 million ambulatory care center in Warrenville, Ill, backed by Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health.
3. Ophthalmologist J. Hunter Aultman, MD, plans to open an eye practice in Vicksburg, Miss., before year-end. The practice will operate in a building now under renovation. Dr. Aultman will treat eye diseases and perform cataract surgery. Retina Specialists of Mississippi will provide retina services at the site.
4. Kaiser Permanente broke ground Oct. 20 on a 187,000-square-foot comprehensive care center in Folsom, Calif. The outpatient facility will house 60 clinical offices offering primary and specialty care, imaging, lab and pharmacy services. Kaiser expects to open the center in May 2030.
5. The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved the Nathan and Catherine Forbes Sports Medicine Institute project, a 100,000-square-foot facility.
6. Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles launched the Center for Autonomous Robotic Surgery, bringing together surgeons and engineers together to build surgical robots that can perform some tasks on their own while working alongside surgeons in the operating room.
7. BJC HealthCare and WashU Medicine, both based in St. Louis, are opening a 117,000-square-foot outpatient center in St. Louis. The Center for Advanced Medicine–Sunset Hills will provide outpatient surgery and specialty care including orthopedics, cardiology and gastroenterology.
8. Princeton (N.J.) Orthopaedic Associates opened a musculoskeletal surgery center in Skillman, N.J. The three-room center was designed and built by the practice’s orthopedic surgeons.
9. Birmingham, Ala.-based Baptist Health signed a lease as a lead tenant for the Riverwalk Health & Wellness Center in Hoover, Ala. Baptist Health will occupy about 25% of the center and will operate a multispecialty ASC and multispecialty clinic.
10. Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health broke ground on a 123,000-square-foot ambulatory care center in Sparks, Nev.
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