New ASC Development

Four ASC projects in 2022 have cost more than $150 million. 

Rockford, Ill.-based OrthoIllinois has finalized its plan to build an ASC in Beloit, Wis., after a year of opposition from Beloit Health System, the city's largest employer, the Beloit Daily News reported this week. 

University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center is converting a former Sears building within a mall to an orthopedic healthcare campus with an ASC, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 1. 

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Arkansas Heart Hospital is building a cardiology ASC and clinic in Texarkana, Texas, the Texarkana Gazette reported Feb. 9. 

Nearly a month after Iowa City, Iowa-based Steindler Orthopedic Clinic's proposed North Liberty ASC lost its hospital backing, The Gazette reported Feb. 7 that the hospital, Mercy Iowa City, has renewed its cooperation.

A 18-story complex with a surgery center was proposed in Jersey City, N.J., Jersey Digs reported Feb. 8. 

Piedmont Physicians Medical Oncology Newton opened the Knox Surgical Center at the Piedmont Newton Hospital in Covington, Ga., on Feb. 7, The Covington News reported. 

Using a human amniotic membrane for protection and healing can lead to a 50 percent reduction in vocal cord nerve injuries that can result from surgery of the thyroid and parathyroid glands, a study published in Cell Transplantation suggests.

AdventHealth is opening a $30 million building with an ASC at its health park in Lake Mary, Fla., Orlando Business Journal reported Feb. 2.