New ASC Development

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.

Daytona Beach, Fla.-based Halifax Health placed the last beam on its new Halifax Health Medical Center of Deltona (Fla.) Aug. 12.

Here are 15 new ASCs that were opened or announced over the past month:

Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland (Calif.) opened a new outpatient center, Healthcare Design magazine reported.

Glendale-based Ascension Wisconsin plans to begin construction on an 83,000-square-foot medical center with an ASC by the end of the year, The Journal Times reported.

Chicago-based Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital is set to open a new outpatient surgery center next month in Northbrook, Ill., Crain's Chicago Business reported.

Construction on Doylestown (Pa.) Health's Richard A. Reif Heart Institute is underway, and is expected to be completed in the fall of 2019, Bucks Local News reported.