New ASC Development

A 48,000-square-foot medical office building has opened in Buckeye, Ariz. A ribbon-cutting for the new facility was held on June 12. 

HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood opened a new $27 million outpatient surgery department, according to a June 19 report by Bluebonnet News.

The University of Mississippi Medical Center is planning a 131,000-square-foot educational campus in Ridgeland, Miss., that will include an ASC, medical office building, imaging center and multimedia classrooms, according to a June 19 report from the Madison County Journal. 

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare is close to opening a new ASC In Layton, Utah, on its Intermountain Layton Hospital campus. 

Ground has been broken on a 60,000-square-foot medical office building in Drexel Hill, Pa., according to a June 17 report from The Daily Record.

Here are three new ASCs that have opened or are being planned that Becker's has reported on since May 20:

Many health systems have taken interest in ASCs this year, with some vying for market share themselves.

The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Health System is nearing completion on a $13 million ASC in New York City, according to a June 7 report from The Village Sun.

Two Connecticut dentists have filed a certificate of need application to open six ASCs in the state, Hartford Business reported June 13.

Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's has broken ground on a 180,000-square-foot medical office building in Boise, according to a June 12 report from CBS affiliate KBOI.