New ASC Development

Buffalo, N.Y.-based UB Neurosurgery broke ground on a 60,000-square-foot facility in Amherst, N.Y. 

Construction began on the $50 million Baylor Scott & White Sports and Orthopedic Center in Waco, Texas.

Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center still has a chance to open an ASC in Niskayuna, N.Y., although a state committee rejected the proposal, Albany Business Review reports.

The Elizabethtown, Ky., Department of Planning and Development approved Louisville, Ky.-based Bennett & Bloom Eye Centers' development plan for a new medical office building and surgery center, The News-Enterprise reports.

Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Medicine is seeking to block Albany (N.Y.) Med's request to build an ASC nearby in Niskayuna, N.Y., The Daily Gazette reports.

Here are the 13 ASCs that were opened or announced in November:

Braselton (Ga.) Surgical Specialist Center filed a letter of intent to establish an ASC in Braselton.

Anchor Health Properties and Knoxville-based Tennessee Valley Eye Surgery Center opened an 18,000-square-foot ASC in Knoxville.

The Washington health department will delay its certificate of need rulings for a pair of ASC proposals in Walla Walla, Wash., until Dec. 19, the Union-Bulletin reports.  

St. Louis-based Ascension reported outpatient volumes increased by 10 percent in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019 as compared to the same period last year, Healthcare Dive reports.