New ASC Development

The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board gave Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group more time to answer remaining questions about its proposed ASC project, the Herald-Whig reports.

Ahead of the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board's March 5 decision on Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group's proposed $19.5 million ASC, Tanya Mero, MD, penned a letter to The Herald-Whig explaining the project's merits.

Worcester, Mass.-based management services organization Reliant Medical Group plans to develop a joint venture ASC in Natick, Mass., for about $10 million.

Beaver, Pa.-based Heritage Valley Health System opened its 59,000-square-foot outpatient "medical neighborhood" in a new mixed use-development in Center Township, Pa., The Times reports.

Albany, N.Y.-based providers OrthoNY, Albany ENT, and St. Peter’s Hospital secured an $8.2 million construction loan to pay for their surgery center in Colonie, N.Y., the New York Real Estate Journal reports.

Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health acquired 57.81 acres in Colorado Springs, Colo., for $30 million. Centura Health plans to build several facilities on the land, the Colorado Real Estate Journal reports.

Here are 25 ASCs that were opened or announced in February:

Chicago-based River North Surgery Center is seeking state permission to establish an ASC.

UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center and Steamboat Orthopaedic & Spine Institute, both based in Steamboat Springs, Colo., are collaborating on an orthopedic ASC project.

Raleigh, N.C.-based Compass Surgical Partners opened Skyway Surgery Center in St. Petersburg, Fla., in partnership with a group of independent neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons and pain management specialists.