New ASC Development

Van Wert Health opened a surgery center in Van Wert, Ohio, Building Indiana Business reported Jan. 19.  

Physicians Endoscopy, Mary Washington Healthcare in Fredericksburg, Va., and physicians from Gastroenterology Associates of Fredericksburg opened a joint venture center, according to a Jan. 19 news release.

The Albert Lea (Minn.) Healthcare Coalition broke ground on a full-service primary care clinic in the city that will be staffed by Mason City-based MercyOne North Iowa, local ABC affiliate 6News reported Jan. 14.

San Ramon, Calif.-based Meridian reached a deal to acquire a 188,000-square-foot medical complex in Arizona with a hospital, medical office building and surgery center, pleasatonweekly.com reported Jan. 14.

Here are 12 ASCs that opened or announced expansions in 2020:

Leawood, Kan.-based ValueHealth is developing a total joint-focused surgery center in Chadds Ford, Pa., the company announced Jan. 12.

Baptist Health Louisville (Ky.) is building an outpatient center on the former site of a local hotel, local ABC affiliate WHAS reported Jan. 11.

Cheryl Stanski, MD, is a general surgeon and the medical director at Holston Medical Group's Kingsport, Tenn.-based MeadowView Surgery Center.

Here are four hospitals and health systems that opened or announced plans for ASCs in December:

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is developing a $500 million facility in Seattle, but the COVID-19 pandemic altered what may be in the final development plan, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported Jan. 10.