Fishersville, Va.-based Augusta Health expects to break ground on an outpatient pavilion Sept. 16, the News Leader reports.
New ASC Development
Great Falls, Mont.-based Benefis Health System purchased a site in a former shopping mall in Helena, Mont., to develop a freestanding clinic that'll contain a surgery center, local news affiliate KBZK reports.
McKinney-based Texas Vision and Laser Center expects to break ground on a new medical office building and surgery center Sept. 14, The Dallas Morning News reports.
Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University plan to develop a 19-story, $762 million specialty care pavilion, as part of a plan to invest more than $1 billion into the community.
Five hospitals and health systems opened or announced ASC developments in August:
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Ophthalmologist Navin Tekwani, MD, gained approval to develop an ASC in Crestwood, Mo., according to Call Newspapers.
Towson, Md.-based SurgCenter Development and five Indiana surgeons are developing the Lake George Surgical Center in Fremont, Ind., Hillsdale Daily News reports.
San Antonio Vascular and Endovascular Clinic recently broke ground on Mission Surgery Center, a medical office building with a surgery center, the San Antonio Business Journal reports.
Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare wants to construct an ASC in Topsham, Maine, which Brunswick, Maine-based Mid Coast-Parkview Health opposes. They recently debated the proposal in front of the Topsham council, The Times Record reports.
The Center for Advanced Healthcare at Brownwood in The Villages, Fla., opened in May, offering access to a 235,000-square-foot specialty and ambulatory care campus.