New ASC Development

North Carolina's complex certificate of need laws are often a roadblock to open ASCs in the state. 

St. Luke’s Health System is discarding its plan to build an orthopedic hospital with medical offices in Boise, Idaho, in favor of a facility featuring an ASC and outpatient clinics, BoiseDev reported Jan. 6. 

HCA Florida Healthcare opened the Hospital for Endocrine Surgery in Tampa, Fla., on Jan. 3.

Green Bay, Wis.-based Prevea Health is building a multispecialty ASC next to the Prevea St. Mary's Health Center, Fox11 News reported Jan. 4. 

University of California San Diego broke ground on an outpatient center, a part of a multibillion dollar project on its La Jolla (Calif.) campus, American School & University reported Jan. 3. 

Virginia Hospital Center recently placed the last beam on its outpatient pavilion in Arlington, The Construction Specifier reported Jan. 3. 

Southern California private equity firm IRA Capital has acquired a medical plaza that's planning to add an ASC. 

Here are 58 joint-venture ASCs Becker's ASC Review has reported on in 2021:

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health has at least two ASC projects on the books for 2022, Buffalo Business First reported Dec. 29.

Chicago-based University of Illinois Health is building a new ASC in the city, set to open in fall 2022.