New ASC Development

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Health System plans to open an outpatient ASC at Green Spring Station in Lutherville, Md., and it's hiring an administrator to lead the facility.

Wilmington, N.C.-based EmergeOrtho broke ground on Brunswick Surgery Center July 26, and construction is going according to plan.

The Medford City Council requested that the public comment period be extended for the proposed ASC at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Wicked Local reported.

The University of Minnesota Health Clinics and Surgery Center in Minneapolis will soon feature a nurse practitioners clinic, Minnesota Nursing Magazine reports.

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health plans to open its $140 million medical campus in Estero, Fla., Dec. 3., Naples Daily News reports.

The North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulations gave conditional approval to Greensboro, N.C.-based Triad Center for Surgery's proposed ASC, the Winston-Salem Journal reports.

Steamboat Springs, Colo.-based UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center is weighing how to move forward with plans for a multispecialty orthopedic surgery center after a team of orthopedic surgeons pulled out of the proposal, the Steamboat Pilot reports.

Tennessee's Health Services and Development Agency approved Nashville, Tenn.-based Saint Thomas Health's application to relocate its Madison, Tenn.-based joint venture ASC, WGNS reports.

Tampa Bay (Fla.) Surgery Center opened a medical office building with a surgery center in Tampa Bay.

The Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency approved Kingsport, Tenn.-based Holston Medical Group's certificate of need to build a $3.7 million multispecialty ASC.