New ASC Development

Blessing Health System officials held a public hearing on their proposed ASC project Aug. 19, local NBC affiliate WGEM reports.

UH Mayfield (Ohio) Village Medical Center is seeking to rezone part of its land to build an outpatient surgery center and medical office building, Cleveland.com reports.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Health is opening a newly expanded ASC at West Columbia, N.C.-based Lexington Medical Center in September, according to the Triad Business Journal.

Here are five hospitals and health systems that opened or announced ASCs in July:

Vancouver (Wash.) Clinic earned approval for a new ASC, the Vancouver-S.W. Washington Business Journal reports.

The Kansas state fire marshal stopped construction on a surgery center in Lenexa due to concerns over the building's design, the Kansas City Star reports.

Alamogordo, N.M.-based Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center broke ground Aug. 9 on medical office complex that will house a surgery center, according to the Alamogordo Daily News, part of the USA Today network.

An ASC project involving Compass Surgical Partners and Joint Implant Surgeons of Florida has wrapped up, according to Joe Sziabowski of Hardaway | Sziabowski Architects.

Pennsylvania awarded WellSpan Health a $500,000 grant for its Health and Surgery Center project in North Cornwall Township, Penn Live reports.

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health took full ownership of Sterling Surgical Center, a transaction that has been in the works for months, according to The Buffalo News.