New ASC Development

An ASC for One Step Diagnostic, a Houston-based medical imaging practice, has been completed in Sugar Land, Texas.

Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus will begin construction on a $154 million orthopedic and surgery center later this year.

The Albert Lea (Minn.) Healthcare Coalition completed construction on a full-service primary care clinic that will be staffed by Mason City-based MercyOne North Iowa. 

Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is building a musculoskeletal institute that features a surgery center. 

The state of California has awarded UC San Diego Medical Center $30 million in funding, which the hospital will use to redevelop its Hillcrest campus, the Times of San Diego reported July 24.

Medford, Mass.-based Lawrence Memorial Hospital opened a 15,000-square-foot surgery center in partnership with local healthcare providers and surgeons from seven physician practices, WickedLocal.com reported July 22.

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Apricus Health is opening the Surgery Center of Avondale (Ariz.), according to a July 21 LinkedIn post. 

Memphis, Tenn.-based OrthoSouth hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony on the expansion of its Germantown (Tenn.) Surgery Center, according to a June 20 LinkedIn post.

From New York to Texas, here are four joint-venture ASCs opened or announced in the past month:

University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington filed a conceptual certificate-of-need application for an ASC on July 16, Vermont Biz reported.