Colorado Outdoors, an economic development agency and Brentwood, Tenn.-based QHR Health broke ground on a 50,000-square-foot ASC, the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported June 6.
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Montrose (Colo.) Regional Health received approval on May 25 to build an 80,000-square-foot ASC, nine days before another outpatient project broke ground in the city, according to the Montrose Press.
Minneapolis-based Allina Health, MNGI Digestive Health and real estate firm Davis plan to build a multispecialty ASC in Lakeville, Minn., Healthcare Design reported June 6.
Little Rock-based Arkansas Heart Hospital held a ribbon cutting for its cardiology clinic in Texarkana, Texas, the Texarkana Gazette reported June 2.
United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia, N.Y., is planning a gastroenterology ASC as part of an almost $40 million expansion project, Buffalo Business First reported June 1.
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Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine plans to build a 120,000-square-foot outpatient facility on the city's South Side, according to a June 2 Chicago Tribune report.
Here are 19 new ASCs that opened or were announced in May:
The U.S. Economic Development Administration awarded a $1.5 million grant to the Multi-Assistance Center at Morgan's Wonderland in San Antonio to construct an ASC focused on serving those with intellectual, developmental and acquired physical disabilities.
Texas is one of the best states to open an ASC. ASCs in the South earn the most revenue in the country and perform the most cases annually, according to VMG Health's "Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study," and personal finance website…
The Iowa Department of Public Health and the State Health Facilities Council approved plans to open an ASC in Ames, the city's first, the Ames Tribune reported May 26.