New ASC Development

Danville, Ky.-based Ephraim McDowell Health is opening a lung surgery center on Feb. 1, The Advocate-Messenger reported Jan. 30.

Kaiser Permanente is opening an outpatient-focused medical center in Lutherville-Timonium, Md., Jan. 31, according to local NBC affiliate WBALTV 11. 

Cleveland-based University Hospitals is building an orthopedic ASC in Amherst, Ohio, that will create 20 to 25 new jobs, The Chronicle Chronicle reported Jan. 27.

The Shore Medical Pavilion at Cambridge (Md.) is open and accepting patients, The Star Democrat reported Jan. 26.

A Chicago city council panel is recommending approval of  a $700 million St. Anthony Hospital campus with an ASC, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Jan. 25. 

The site for the new Flagler Health+ Durbin Park medical campus in St. Johns County, Fla., has been cleared for construction, The Florida Times-Union reported Jan. 26.

Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton (Ga.) has updated plans for a medical office building with an ASC to accommodate the area's population growth, The Gainesville Times reported Jan 25. 

U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, recently visited the new St. Clairsville-based Physicians Regional Surgery Center, WTRF reported Jan. 25. 

Mercy Health Physicians Partners has opened a satellite surgery office in Marshall County, Ky., The Lane Report reported Jan. 25. 

Cooper University Health Care is proposing to convert a former Sears building in Moorestown, N.J., to a medical facility and ASC, the Courier Post reported Jan. 25.