New ASC Development

National Spine & Pain Centers is opening an ASC in Oxon Hill, Md., on March 23, the group said. 

Borland Groover Clinic is building a $14.6 million gastroenterology ASC and medical office building in Orange Park, Fla., Jacksonville Daily Record reported March 18. 

ASCs are typically the perfect example of high-value healthcare because centers provide quality care at a lower cost than hospitals. But ASCs aren't thriving, or even welcome, in some places across the U.S.

Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Health is planning a medical office building with an ASC and freestanding emergency room, Growth Spotter reported March 17. 

Lewes, Delaware-based Beebe Healthcare is opening a surgical hospital in May, Bay to Bay News reported March 17.

The Green Mountain Care Board, a Vermont regulatory body, has approved the state's third ASC while restricting the specialties it can offer, Seven Days reported March 17.

Providence, R.I.-based Brown Surgical Associates is launching a comprehensive hernia surgery center.

Dickson Medical Associates is planning to open an outpatient surgery center in Dickson, Tenn., allowing patients to get outpatient surgeries without having to travel far, the Dickson Post reported March 17.

A private equity firm invested in a joint-venture ASC chain, and four joint venture ASCs were opened or announced since the last week of February.

Across the nation, there were 174 ASCs built in 2020, according to the most recent Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report. Becker's found and reported on 153 of them, and in 2021 Becker's reported on 281 new ASCs.