New ASC Development

Swedish real estate developer Skanska has signed a contract with Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health to convert a 60,000-square-foot office building into an ASC and specialty clinic space. 

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas' Ambulatory Medical Pavilion will open to patients April 1. 

Salisbury, Md.-based TidalHealth is moving forward with a plan to construct a medical campus in Millsboro, Del., according to a March 3 report from NBC affiliate Coast TV.

UCSF Health has opened a $60 million, four-story outpatient center in Burlingame, Calif., according to a March 3 report from the San Francisco Business Times.

Here are seven ASCs that were constructed, announced or opened in February, as reported by Becker's:

Here are 10 new ASCs, outpatient surgery centers and medical office buildings receiving approval, being planned and starting construction, as reported by Becker's since Jan. 15:

There are a host of regulations surrounding the development of ASCs, which vary greatly from state-to-state.

An ASC in Southlake, Texas, has been approved by city council 10 years after initial plans were announced, according to a Feb. 19 report from Community Impact. 

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health plans to construct a flagship campus in Emeryville, Calif., that will feature an ambulatory care complex and a new medical center with 200 beds. 

In a recent column published in Hurricane Breeze Newspaper, state delegate Scot Heckert argued that West Virginia's certificate-of-need laws are necessary to protect rural healthcare services.