New ASC Development

Winter Springs, Fla.-based Aventus Health delayed construction on a 150,000-square-foot medical complex in Oviedo, Fla., that will feature an ASC, Orlando Business Journal reports.

Gordon Ferguson, the CEO of Murfreesboro, Tenn.-based Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital, spoke to the Daily News Journal about his plans to ensure the hospital adapts to the city's growing population, including plans for an ASC.

Pardee (N.C.) UNC Health Care is seeking state approval for an ASC in Mills River, the Hendersonville Lightning reported.

Construction is underway on the Fort Myers, Fla.-based Performance Health Surgery Center, a joint venture between Raleigh, N.C.-based Compass Surgical Partners and five surgeons.

Here are two new joint venture ASCs with updates in the past couple months.

Huntington Beach, Calif.-based Beach Eye Medical Group opened a new office in Irvine, Calif.

Wilmington, N.C.-based EmergeOrtho celebrated the groundbreaking of a new medical office building with an ASC in Leland, N.C., July 26.

Bristol, Pa.-based Lower Bucks Hospital's new CEO Kelly Lorah wants to promote and expand the hospital's ASC, the Bucks County Courier Times reports.

Here are six hospitals and health systems that opened or announced ASCs over the past month:

Although New York health officials awarded Kingston, N.Y.-based HealthAlliance a CON, the health system has yet to apply for a Hudson Valley building permit, the Daily Freeman reports.