New ASC Development

Florida led the pack this year with 17 new ASCs opened, announced or proposed this year.

A month-by-month breakdown of 158 ASCs openings, announcements or proposals this year:

El Dorado Hills, Calif.-based physician Brian Kelly Hunt, MD, is developing a two-story medical office building in El Dorado Hills, the Sacramento Business Journal reported Dec. 15.

Dulles, Va.-based StoneSprings Hospital Center plans to open a freestanding ASC in 2021, according to the Loudoun Times-Mirror.

Nampa, Idaho-based Saltzer Health plans to open a medical center in Meridian, Idaho, Dec. 14, local news broadcaster KTVB reported Dec. 11.

Jefferson City (Mo.) Medical Group is seeking approval to build an outpatient surgery center 2 miles west of its main campus, the News Tribune reports.

Rockford-based OrthoIllinois resubmitted its surgery center proposal to the Beloit, Wis., government, after its original application was denied, Beloit Daily News reported Dec. 10.

Peak Surgery Center of Avondale (Ariz.) is expected to open in early 2021, according to firms involved in the development.

Rancho Mirage, Calif.-based Eisenhower Health received $7.5 million from philanthropists to renovate its outpatient surgery center, MyNewsLA.com reported Dec. 8.

A former sleep center in West Allis, Wis., will be converted into an outpatient cataract surgery center, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Dec. 4.