Thirteen ASCs opened or announced in December:
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The IRS granted the Albert Lea Healthcare Coalition tax-deductible private charity status, which it will use to raise funds to redevelop a former department store, the Albert Lea Tribune reports.
Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina opened a new health center inside a former J.C. Penney department store Dec. 30, The Post and Courier reports.
Mountain Home, Ark.-based Baxter Regional Medical Center broke ground on an outpatient surgery center Dec. 18, the Baxter Bulletin reports.
More than 200 ASCs have been opened or announced since January. Here's a breakdown by month:
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Potsdam, N.Y.-based St. Lawrence Health System held an open house for the Leroy Outpatient Center Dec. 18, NNY360 reports.
Baxter Regional Medical Center broke ground on its new joint venture ASC in Mountain Home, Ark., local news station KY3 reported.
Seventy-four hospitals that planned, opened or broke ground on ASCs in 2019:
Utica, N.Y.-based Mohawk Valley Health System broke ground Dec. 12 on a medical center campus that will occupy 25 acres in downtown Utica, according to the Rome Sentinel.
The Clifton Park (N.Y.) Planning Board granted Clifton Park-based Ellis Medical Center an additional year to act on a project the hospital previously canceled, The Daily Gazette reports.