New ASC Development

The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded Hartford, Ky.-based Ohio County Healthcare Hospital $21.5 million to build a surgery center, local NBC affiliate 14 News reports.

A developer is partnering with a group of physicians to construct a medical office building with a surgery center in St. Louis Park, Minn., the Sun Sailor reports.

Rinehart Surgery Center, an affiliate of Orlando (Fla.) Health, opened in Lake Mary, Fla.

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare is seeking state permission to build an ASC inside the Hartford HealthCare Family Medical Center in Plainfield, Conn., the Norwich Bulletin reports.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension St. Thomas and Addison, Texas-based United Surgical Partners International broke ground on an ASC in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Aug. 20, local news affiliate WGNS reports.

A new joint-venture ASC in Arizona has a limited number of investment opportunities available to surgeons interested in operating at the center.

Bourbonnais village officials passed an ordinance approving Frankfort, Ill.-based Oak Orthopedics' plan to develop a $15.5 million surgical facility in their village, the Daily Journal reports.

White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital is putting the finishing touches on its $272 million outpatient center as it readies to open, Westfair Communications reports.

A Florida healthcare-focused developer is seeking permission to build a trio of medical office buildings in Venice, Fla., the Herald-Tribune reports.

Rossville, Md.-based MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center plans to open its surgical pavilion to patients Aug. 24, The Baltimore Sun reports.