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New ASC Development

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. 

As ASC consolidation continues and the physician population ages, more ASC companies are popping up to focus on a new type of management — one that focuses on physician ownership and local care. 

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Here are five states that could be promising locations for ASC growth based on recent development trends, and political and economic policy shifts.

Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health has purchased 8.5 acres of land in Chesterfield, Va., for what is expected to be a new outpatient surgery center, according to a Feb. 6 report from Richmond BizSense.

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