New ASC Development

Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown, Ky., has broken ground on a $225.6 million outpatient medical pavilion, The News-Enterprise reports.

Surgery Center Services of America broke ground on a multispecialty ASC in South Bend, Ind., CEO Philip Blair said Nov. 17. 

Chesapeake Urology Associates opened an office and ASC in Annapolis, Md., this month.

The Tinley Park (Ill.) Village Board has approved Loyola Medicine's proposal to build a $69 million outpatient center with a surgery center, the Chicago Tribune reported Nov. 17.

The Vascular Care Group is opening an outpatient vascular center in Wellesley, Mass., the company said in a Nov. 17 news release.

Construction is underway on a Las Vegas facility featuring an orthopedic ASC, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Nov. 16. 

Blue Cloud Pediatric Surgery Centers said it plans to expand its presence in California with four new locations.

Vail (Colo.) Health opened a medical center with an ASC in Dillon, Colo., the company said Nov. 15.

Here are 18 hospitals and health systems that opened or announced plans for ASCs in October:

Orlando (Fla.) Health is moving forward with the construction of a hospital featuring a 20,000-square-foot ASC, The Ledger reported Nov. 12.