New ASC Development

An Iowa ASC's certificate of need hearing has been bumped from the State Health Facilities Council's October agenda and moved to February's, The Gazette reported Oct. 15.

American Surgical Group's 16,000-square-foot ASC in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is nearing completion, the company said Oct. 14. 

Virginia Physicians for Women will open a new facility featuring an ASC in Richmond Oct. 25, according to local NBC affiliate WWBT. 

Prescott, Ariz.-based Yavapai Regional Medical Group opened a new orthopedic surgery center in Prescott Valley, the company said Oct. 14.

USA Health is building a health center in Fairhope, Ala., that will feature an ASC, the company said recently. 

Perryton, Texas-based Ochiltree General Hospital is celebrating the beginning of construction of a surgery center on its campus, High Plains Observer Perryton reported Oct. 12. 

Here are five ASCs costing at least $50 million that opened or were announced in the last month: 

St. Luke's Duluth (Minn.) and Gateway Clinic are joining forces for a multimillion-dollar ASC in Moose Lake, Minn., the hospital said Oct. 13. 

Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola Medicine has proposed a surgery center in Tinley Park, Ill., that would cost more than $69 million, the Chicago Tribune reported Oct. 12.

Construction has been completed on Plymouth (Mass.) Pediatric Associates' new medical office building offering ambulatory surgery, according to Medical Construction & Design Magazine.