New ASC Development

Metrolina Vascular Access Care gained conditional approval to develop an ambulatory surgical facility for $2.9 million, according to North Carolina health department documents.

Adventist Health Sonora Outpatient Surgery Center is closing its current location and moving into a newly renovated space, MyMotherLode.com reports.

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth will build an ASC at Phoenix-based Sonoran Health and Emergency Center once construction on its new hospital is complete, AZ Business Media reports.

Five surgery center developments announced in the past several weeks are expected to cost at least $10 million by the project's completion.

Quincy, Ill.-based Blessing Health System is seeking state permission to move its existing surgery center out of a building owned by Quincy Medical Group, local NBC affiliate WGEM reports.

Worcester, Mass.-based Reliant Medical Group and Quincy, Mass.-based Shields Health Care Group plan to open Natick (Mass.) Surgery Center in 2020, the Worcester Business Journal reports.

Here are six hospitals and health systems that opened or announced ASCs in June:

One way new ASCs can succeed is by pursuing hospital-physician partnerships, according to Stephanie Martin, vice president of operations at Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Cool Springs Surgical Associates consultant Mark Knoblauch wants to build a $2.3 million ASC in Murfreesboro, Tenn., the NashvillePost reports.

Stillwater, Minn.-based Lakeview Hospital's plans for a campus expansion have been delayed at least five years, according to the Pioneer Press.