New ASC Development

Seattle Pain Relief's proposed ambulatory surgical facility was exempted from Washington's certificate of need requirement by the state's health department.

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine is building a $200 million multispecialty outpatient facility in Radnor, Pa., which Brandywine Realty Trust is developing a hotel and office space next to, Lancaster Online reports.

The Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society held its 2019 Annual Conference & Capital Day March 27-29 in Austin, Texas, sharing trends, strategies and updates regarding same-day surgery.

Medford, N.J.-based Reconstructive Orthopedics' Vantage Surgery Center has relocated.

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.