The University of Maryland Shore Regional Health at Cambridge, a new $53 million medical facility with an ASC, began accepting patients Oct. 28, according to The Star Democrat.
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Bellin Health announced plans for an ASC in Ashwaubenon, Wis., the Green Bay Press Gazette reported Oct. 28.
JPS Health Network is seeking funds to offset the costs of a $1.2 billion expansion that includes an ASC in Fort Worth, Texas, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Oct. 27.
Excela Health has finished a $10 million surgery center that will focus on cancer treatment at its Latrobe (Penn.) Hospital, Trib Live reported Oct. 27.
There are 35 states in the country that have a certificate-of-need program — laws designed to control healthcare costs by restricting competition for duplicative services and determining whether capital expenditures meet a community need.
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University of California Davis Health is expanding its presence in Folsom with a long-term project spanning nearly 35 acres, which the university paid $30.6 million to acquire, according to an Oct. 27 report in the Sacramento Business Journal.
Coral Gables, Fla.-based Gentera Center for Regenerative Medicine opened a new facility featuring an ASC, according to an Oct. 27 news release.
An Illinois review board has rescinded Advocate Sherman Hospital's permit to build a $12.7 million ASC that originally was approved in 2017, the Chicago Tribune reported Oct. 25.
A Georgia certificate-of-need panel has now approved two hospitals' ASCs in Braselton after disputes dating to 2018, The Gainesville Times reported Oct. 26.
University of Chicago Medicine is planning to build a medical facility with an ASC in Crown Point, Ind., The Northwest Indiana Times reported Oct. 26.