New ASC Development

Pueblo, Colo.-based Parkview Medical Center has plans for a new orthopedic facility, according to The Pueblo Chieftain.

Six hospitals and health systems opened or announced plans for new surgery centers in May:

Bourbon County, Kan., is working to secure a number of leases in the former Mercy Hospital site in Fort Scott, Kan., to convert the site into a medical mall, Fort Scott Biz reports.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based developers plan to build a pair of medical office buildings, and one of the buildings will feature a surgery center, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports.

Jefferson City, Tenn.-based Jefferson Memorial Hospital is working with Morristown, Tenn.-based physicians on plans to build a multispecialty ASC, the Citizen Tribune reports.

Construction on Clermont, Fla.-based Orlando Health South Lake Hospital Center for Specialty Surgery was recently completed, according to G3 Development, a company that worked on the project.

Lincoln, Neb., city officials on June 8 unanimously agreed to sell a piece of land to a group of local neurosurgeons who want to build a surgery center and medical office building, the Lincoln Journal Star reports.

University of Maryland Shore Medical Campus at Cambridge plans to open its new medical campus with a surgery center in late 2021, Dorchester Star reports.

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network opened an outpatient center in Lehighton, Pa., to offer imaging, laboratory and radiology services in the community, tnonline.com reports.

The Center for Advanced Healthcare at Brownwood in The Villages, Fla., recently opened, The Villages Daily Sun reports.