New ASC Development

Surgery Center Services of America opened the Epic Surgery Center in Scottsdale, Ariz., the company's CEO Philip Blair said Nov. 7. 

A site plan review committee on Nov. 1 approved plans for Bellin Health's ASC in Ashwaubenon, Wis., The Press Times reported Nov. 5.

The Pain Treatment Center of America in Texarkana, Ark., is building a new facility on the Texas side of the border-straddling city, according to a Nov. 4 Texarkana Gazette report.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is opening an ASC in Bismarck, N.D., on Nov. 9, the health system said in a Nov. 4 news release.

Excela Health plans to build a $12 million ASC in Connellsville, Pa., next year, Pittsburgh Business Times reported Nov. 3. 

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.