New ASC Development

Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group's proposed $19.5 million surgery and cancer treatment center will be discussed at a public meeting in January, the Herald-Whig reports.

The New York Public Health and Health Planning Council granted Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center preliminary approval to build a surgery center in Niskayuna, N.Y., despite protests from Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Hospital, the Times Union reports.

Vestavia Hills, Ala.-based The Swaid Clinic's Swaid N. Swaid, MD, partnered with a local developer to build Vestavia Medical Plaza, the Birmingham Business Journal reports.

MedCore Partners is developing a two-story, 65,000-square-foot, class A medical office building and ASC, which Southlake-based Spine Team Texas will anchor.

The Pleasant Prairie Plan Commission approved the final site, operation and zoning plans for Milwaukee-based Advocate Aurora Health's $130 million ASC and medical office building, The Kenosha News reports.

The Nashville, Tenn.-based TriStar Health System filed an application to construct a medical office building and ASC in Brentwood, Tenn., according to the Nashville Post.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health failed to inform officials and the public that it issued a staff report recommending the approval of a proposed ASC at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford, Mass., according to Medford Wicked Local.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health opened a new surgery center in Fleming Island, Fla., Clay Today reports.

Here are 34 new ASC joint ventures opened or announced over the past year:

Athens, Ala.-based Athens-Limestone Hospital held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new outpatient surgery tower Dec. 3, WAFF 48 reports.