New ASC Development

Certificate-of-need laws play a heavy hand in the development and expansion of ASCs and other medical practices across the U.S., and they vary drastically state-by-state.  Here are four updates to state-level CON laws since Jan. 1, 2026, as reported by…

ASCs are commanding the highest rent increases of any outpatient facility type, with rents climbing more than 8% even as leases surged 145% between 2022 and 2025, according to a March 26 report from real estate company CBRE. Here are…

The John Locke Foundation, a Raleigh, N.C.-based, free-market think tank, is supporting a North Carolina ophthalmologists’ challenge to the state’s certificate-of-need laws, according to an amicus curiae brief filed April 1 in the state Supreme Court.  Jay Singleton, DO, owner…

Maryville, Tenn., city officials will vote April 7 on whether to approve a proposed 129,000-square-foot ASC and outpatient medical office backed by Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health, according to a March 31 report by ABC affiliate WATE 6 News. The project…

Here are 16 ASC projects that were announced or completed in March, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Richmond (Va.) Heart and Vascular Associates plans to open a new, $4 million 27,000-square-foot office in Chesterfield, Va., in July 2027. 2. Coeur…

Legislators in Tennessee have delayed a vote on a bill that would loosen the state’s certificate-of-need laws, the TimesNews reported March 30.  The vote was originally set for March 30. Its sponsor, state Representative Johnny Garrett, a Republican from Goodlettsville,…

Richmond (Va.) Heart and Vascular Associates plans to open a new 27,000-square-foot office in Chesterfield, Va., in July 2027, according to a March 31 Richmond BizSense report.  The new office will occupy the first floor of a 40,000-square-foot medical building.…

Indiana (Noblesville) Orthopedic Institute is expanding by opening a new clinic, adding a physician and growing its service lines.  The organization is opening an outpatient clinic in Greenwood, Ind., on March 30, according to a March 24 news release from…

Electrophysiology (EP) is entering a new phase in the ASC setting. What was once limited to select cases is now expanding quickly, driven by Medicare policy updates, coding changes, and growing clinical confidence in performing complex cardiovascular procedures outside the…

South Bend, Ind.-based Beacon Health System opened a new outpatient center in downtown Mishawaka. According to a March 23 news release, the 25,000-square-foot, two-story facility provides imaging, physical therapy, primary care and specialty services, including OB-GYN and noninvasive cardiology. The…