New ASC Development

Two Florida ASCs have been announced in the past week.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University is planning a medical office building and surgery center, Washington Business Journal reported Sept. 26. 

Portland, Maine-based Northern Light Mercy Hospital is opening an outpatient specialty care and surgery center, according to the Press Herald. 

Lee Memorial Health approved the purchase of 23 acres in Cape Coral, Fla., to house an outpatient physician and surgical center, Fort Myers News-Press reported Sept. 24. 

AdventHealth will begin operations Oct. 12 at a $300 million surgery center on its Tampa (Fla.) hospital campus, according to the Tampa Bay Times. 

Minneapolis-based cloud software company Fision and Ft. Myers (Fla.) ASC are building an orthopedic ASC in Ft. Myers, the companies said Sept. 22.

Montefiore Nyack (N.Y.) Hospital has submitted an application for an orthopedic ambulatory care center to the town of Clarkstown's planning board, the Rockland County Business Journal reported Sept. 21.

Builders have broken ground on a $335.8 million University of California San Francisco Medical Center facility that will house an ASC, according to a news release.

The Beloit (Wis.) City Council voted unanimously to change the city's "hospital" zoning category with the broader term "medical facility," Beloit Daily News reported Sept. 21.

Lansing, Mich.-based Sparrow Health System's board of directors approved a plan to build multiple ASCs in the area, among other projects, the company said Sept. 20.