New ASC Development

A new $5 million medical center with an ASC is coming to Kissimmee, Fla., the Osceola News-Gazette reported June 25.

Raleigh, N.C.-based Compass Surgical Partners joined with Greenville, S.C.-based Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital and local physicians to build an ASC.

A former movie theater in Kissimmee, Fla., is being converted into a medical office building that will be home to an ASC, a lab and a radiology center, Orlando Business Journal reported June 24.

Here are seven updates on independent ASCs and physicians reported by Becker's since Jan. 1: 

The Chattanooga (Tenn.) Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting for a medical office building that includes an independent spine and orthopedic ASC, The Chattanoogan reported June 22.

Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is planning to open a new specialty center and ASC in the city.

Mt. Vernon, Wash.-based Skagit Regional Health is building a new ASC.

Valley Surgery Center, located in Hudson (Wis.) Medical Center, will be able to handle over 10,000 surgeries per year once it is fully operational, the Hudson Star-Observer reported June 21.

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, a Tenet Healthcare subsidiary, is building a medical office building and ASC in partnership with a group of physician investors, San Antonio Business Journal reported June 20.

Tenet Healthcare is planning a hospital and ASC in Port St. Lucie, Fla., The Palm Beach Post reported June 17.