New ASC Development

Jefferson City (Mo.) Medical Group will open a $17M physician-owned ASC with a May 4 ribbon-cutting ceremony, KSSZ-FM reported April 15.

The design of Nationwide Children’s Hospital's new orthopedic ASC in Columbus, Ohio, has been completed, according to HAWA engineers.

The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., opened a new medical facility in Basalt April 14.

Irvine, Calif.-based Hoag Orthopedic Institute has upgraded its Main Street Specialty Surgery Center in Orange County, Calif., and plans to build a fourth ASC.

San Francisco-based Dignity Health is opening a $13 million ASC, The Sacramento Bee reported April 12.

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Citrus Heights (Calif.) Ambulatory Surgery Center will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 12 to celebrate the facility's opening.

Lowell General Hospital, Shields Health Care and local physicians have opened an ASC in Chelmsford, Mass., Valley Patriot reported April 10. 

UC Davis Health is planning to build a medical campus with an ASC in Folsom, Calif., next year, Sacramento Business Journal reported April 8. 

Private equity firm Hammes Partners is building an $18 million medical plaza with an ASC in McAllen, Texas, Milwaukee Business Journal reported April 8.