New ASC Development

Industry, Calif.-based IQ Laser Vision plans to open a surgery center in Riverside, Calif.

The Gerald J. Friedman Center for Breast and Lymphatic Surgery opened in Great Neck, N.Y., according to Newsday.

Royal Oak, Mich.-based Hillcrest Capital Partners, an ASC development and management company, aims to open 15 ASCs in the near future, according to Crains Detroit Business.

Moreau, N.Y., and Queensbury, N.Y. town supervisors took steps to publicly support Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-based Saratoga Hospital, The Post Star reports.

Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center won conditional approval to build a freestanding ASC for $19.4 million.

The Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee — a partnership between Franklin, Tenn.-based Williamson Medical Center and more than a dozen orthopedic surgeons — set an opening date for its new facility.

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport (La.) is developing a new 75,000-square-foot medical campus, which will include an ASC, Shreveport Times reports.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Surgical Management Professionals points to ASC market growth and hospital interest in surgery center partnerships as the factors behind its rapid growth.

Albany, N.Y.-based OrthoNY opened OrthoNY Surgical Suites, a $5.3 million outpatient surgery center in Clifton Park, N.Y., Albany Business Review reports.

Buffalo, N.Y.-based providers Kaleida Health and Western New York Urology Associates are planning a $5 million ASC addition on Kaleida's Harlem Road facility, Buffalo Business First reports.