New ASC Development

Five hospitals and health systems opened or announced ASC developments in August:

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.

A new medical office building in St. Louis Park, Minn., will house a surgery center and an ENT practice, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.

ASCs engaging in "information blocking" practices could be subject to penalties under a new rule from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, according to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.

Methodist Mansfield (Texas) Ambulatory Surgery Center recently welcomed its first patients, according to Slayscion Healthcare Solutions, a healthcare development, management, consulting and technology company.

Campbell Clinic in Germantown, Tenn., opened a four-story medical office building with an orthopedic surgery center, the Murfreesboro Post reports.