New ASC Development

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.  

Virginia Eye Consultants and partner ophthalmology network CVP opened an ASC, according to a July 19 LinkedIn post. 

The Genesis HealthCare System of Zanesville will break ground July 23 on a $45 million medical center with an ASC in Coshocton, Ohio, the Coshocton Tribune reported. 

Construction is underway on Vancouver (Wash.) Clinic's $70 million ambulatory surgery center. 

An ophthalmology ASC will open in Butte, Mont., in August, according to a Facebook post by the center.

Here are 17 hospitals and health systems that opened or announced plans for an ASC in June:

Surgery Center Services of America has opened Greater Binghamton (N.Y.) Eye Surgery Center, CEO Philip Blair said in a July 14 email.

HCA Healthcare West Florida is planning a $50 million surgical hospital, dubbed the Hospital for Endocrine Surgery, in Tampa, Fla., according to a July news release. 

Here are the 31 new joint-venture ASCs opened or announced since Jan. 1., as reported by Becker's ASC Review.