New ASC Development

Rochester, N.Y.-based Cornerstone Eye Associates broke ground on a new ASC.

Lenoir, N.C.-based Caldwell UNC Health Care will soon open an outpatient surgery center, according to News-Topic News.

Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group asked the Illinois Health Facilities & Services Review Board to delay a certificate-of-need hearing on Quincy-based Blessing Health System's proposed surgery center, WGEM reports.

Knoxville, Tenn.-based Tennova Healthcare received state approval for its multispecialty ASC project in Talbott, Tenn., the CitizenTribune reports.

A group of independent physicians opened Norfolk, Neb.-based Fountain Point Medical Community Sept. 3, the Norfolk Daily News reports.

A new ASC is in development at the Baton Rouge (La.) General's Center for Health, according to local news station WAFB9. 

A surgery center slated to open in 2020 is seeking surgeon partners, according to Forrest Roth, MD.

The Kentucky Court of Appeals denied a certificate of need application from Fort Mitchell, Ky.-based Christ Hospital for an ASC, according to The River City News.

Here are the 16 ASCs that were opened or announced in August:

Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin's West Bend (Wis.) Surgery Center is relocating from the West Bend Health Center campus, which is undergoing reconstruction, Washington County Insider reports.