New ASC Development

Excelsior Orthopedics is moving forward with its $6.2 million, two-phase expansion on an ASC affiliate, the Buffalo (N.Y.) Surgery Center, Buffalo Business First reported Nov. 4. 

Advanced Pain Care has opened a new outpatient surgical facility in South Austin, Texas, the pain management organization said Nov. 2.

Memphis, Tenn.-based OrthoSouth opened a redesigned surgery center in Germantown, a Memphis suburb, according to a Nov. 2 report in the Memphis Business Journal. 

Andrews Ambulatory Surgery, the newly formed joint venture ASC company led by orthopedic surgeon James Andrews, MD, is building its first three ASCs in Northeast Florida, according to a Nov. 3 news release. 

The University of Chicago's proposal for a for a microhospital with an ASC in Crown Point, Ind., was approved Nov. 1, but Franciscan Health says the facility is unnecessary, according to a Chicago Tribune report. 

Crystal Clinic opened an orthopedic hospital with an ASC Nov. 1 in Fairlawn, Ohio, according to cleveland.com. 

St. Louis-based Ascension and Chicago-based Regent Surgical, the country's largest private joint-venture operator of ASCs, are opening a gastroenterology ASC in Birmingham, Ala., according to a Nov. 1 report in the Shelby County Reporter.

The Orthopedic Hospital of Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Lutheran Health Network is expanding to Gas City, Ind., with a surgery center, a clinic and a physical therapy center, according to a Nov. 1 report in The Echo.

Here are 33 ASCs opened or announced in October, as reported by Becker's ASC Review:

Construction is underway on a medical office building and surgery center in Las Vegas, local NBC affiliate 3 News reported Oct. 31.