New ASC Development

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.

LaGrangeville, N.Y.-based Health Quest received approval from the Ulster (N.Y.) Town Board to renovate a former Macy’s store at the Hudson Valley Mall for use as a multidisciplinary medical facility, according to the Daily Freeman.

Stillwater, Minn.-based Lakeview Health hired a construction crew to start clearing debris at the potential future site of a Lakeview Hospital campus in Stillwater, according to Twin Cities Pioneer Press.

Billings (Mont.) Clinic will build a $40 million 'destination ambulatory center,' in Bozeman, Mont., according to Bozeman Daily Chronicle.