New ASC Development

Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group is one step closer to opening its surgery center.

Leawood, Kan.-based ValueHealth is developing a total joint-focused surgery center in Pompano Beach, Fla., with Muve Health.

A church in Port Huron, Mich., is being converted into a medical center with a neurology and spine clinic, open MRI center and outpatient surgery center, local radio station WGRT reports.

A proposed ASC from Lewistown, Maine-based Central Maine Healthcare won't get a recommendation for a certificate of need, The Times Record reported April 7.

Pilot Knob, Mo.-based Iron County Medical Center broke ground on an emergency expansion to its Rural Health Clinic, the Daily Journal reports. 

Opening a freestanding ASC or one in a medical office building is a long process that requires careful planning each step of the way.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is building a major outpatient center to better serve one of the nation's fastest-growing populations. 

From Walmart Express conversions to robotic surgery, here are seven ASC moves in Arizona in the past month: 

An unnamed for-profit, private practice healthcare company and real estate developer Enclave are planning a $26 million facility in West Fargo, N.D. The healthcare company remains anonymous as of publication. 

Phoenix-based Valleywise Health's new center in Peoria, Ariz., now offers outpatient surgery services as part of a phased opening.