New ASC Development

Pittsburgh-based UPMC opened an outpatient surgery center in West Mifflin, Pa., Rycon Construction, a company involved in the development, said in a Dec. 3 LinkedIn post.

With final site plan approval, development firm Prism Capital Partners plans to begin work on a four-story New Jersey medical office building in the first quarter of 2021, according to Real Estate Weekly.

Six ophthalmologists are planning to open a surgery center in West Allis, Wis., according to a Dec. 2 Biz Times report.

Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System broke ground on a three-story medical office building Dec. 1 in Buford, Ga., The Times reports.

Wilmington (N.C.) Eye is developing an ASC it plans to open in late 2021, WilmingtonBiz reported Nov. 30.

Hastings, Mich.-based Spectrum Health Pennock recently opened a new surgery center, a spokesperson told Becker's ASC Review in an email Nov. 30.

Torrance, Calif.-based Harbor-UCLA Medical Center broke ground on a $1.6 billion project that'll condense its campus-based outpatient clinics into one location, the Daily Breeze reported Nov. 27.

Osage, Iowa-based Mitchell County Regional Health Center's surgery center is progressing, the Globe Gazette reported Nov. 27.

Here are 76 hospitals and health systems that have opened or announced plans to open an ASC in 2020:

This year, at least 11 developments involving an ASC or outpatient surgery center represented an investment of $50 million or more.