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New ASC Development

As consumer interest in shopping malls has continued to decrease since the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare systems have started to fill the unused space. To date, space in more than 32 malls nationwide has been turned into healthcare facilities. 

UCHealth is set to spend around $119 million to expand its Highlands Ranch (Colo.) Hospital to alleviate the frequency at which the hospital operates at maximum capacity, NBC affiliate KUSA reported July 24.

Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care has unveiled its $150 million ambulatory care center located inside of a former Sears department store in Moorestown, N.J., according to a July 25 report from the Philadelphia Business Journal.

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Virginia, a state that requires a certificate of need to develop ASCs, has seen an increase in surgery center activity.

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