New ASC Development

A medical office building is planned for the area where Auburn (Ala.) University is developing a health sciences cluster, Opelika-Auburn News reports.

The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board will hold a public hearing on Quincy, Ill.-based Blessing Health System's surgery center proposal Aug. 19, local NBC affiliate WGEM reports.

The Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital and Indian Health Services joint-venture outpatient facility is expected to open this September, the Cherokee Phoenix reports.

Multiple physician groups will lease space in a 77,000-square-foot medical office center underway in Sarasota, Fla., according to YourObserver.com.

Two health systems broke ground on an $8.5 million building in Edwardsville, Ill., that will house a surgery center and a specialty clinic, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Harrisburg, Pa.-based UPMC Pinnacle plans to open an outpatient facility after moving UPMC Memorial operations to a new, 102-bed hospital, according to Fox43.

Milwaukee, Wis.-based Aurora Health Care opened a $55.5 million outpatient surgery center on Aug. 2, BizTimes Media reports.

Seven ASC projects were opened or announced in July:

A $5.5 million ASC addition is in the works for a Hartford HealthCare facility in Plainfield, Conn., according to the Hartford Business Journal.

Saltzer Health is planning a medical complex intended to offer quality care, price transparency and lower costs.