New ASC Development

Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus will begin construction on an orthopedic and surgery center later this year, NBC4i.com reports.

Arizona became an ASC stronghold through private equity, hospital gaps and the state's deep-rooted history of opening ASCs, according to Arizona ASC leaders.  

Brentwood Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, TriStar Division, is building an ASC, according to a June 23 email to Becker's ASC Review. 

In the past month, Raleigh, N.C.-based Compass Surgical Partners announced two new joint-venture ASCs.

Animas Surgical Center at Escalante in Colo. will open toward the end of June.

Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Health broke ground June 17 on a $70 million medical campus with an ASC, according to a news release. 

Watauga Orthopaedics, a 20-physician group, will break ground on a $17 million ASC June 22, Time News reports. 

Compass Surgical Partners is opening two ASCs in Raleigh, N.C., and Odessa, Fla., the company announced. 

An orthopedic ASC being built in Tennessee is on track to open in 2022, and developers reached a milestone in construction, according to a June 17 announcement.

Mobile, Ala.-based USA Health received approval to build a surgery center almost a year after it sought state approval for the facility, according to a June 16 announcement.