Here are 16 hospitals and health systems opening or expanding ambulatory surgery centers.
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., is planning a new six-story, $560 million expansion project. The project would include a surgical pavilion and emergency department.
Gouverneur (N.Y.) Hospital opened a new ambulatory surgery unit on site. The unit offers a nursing station and rooms for outpatient surgery patients and is located next to the operating rooms.
West Virginia University Medicine, based in Morgantown, has broken ground on a new $29 million outpatient surgery center.
The ASC at Dupont Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind., recently underwent a $4.2 million renovation project.
UnityPoint Health began construction on a medical park in Ankeny, Iowa, that will include an outpatient surgery center.
Erie (Pa.) VA Medical Center will officially open its new 9,500-square-foot ASC in November.
Hiawatha (Kan.) Community Hospital is opening a new medical facility that includes a surgery center in addition to other facilities.
The Cypress Creek Medical Pavilion going up in South Florida will include an 18,000-quare-foot outpatient surgical center.
Ste. Genevieve (Mo.) County Memorial Hospital's surgery center expansion is expected to be completed before the end of the year.
Truman Medical Centers opened the first freestanding outpatient specialty care and surgery center in downtown Kansas City, Mo. The facility is four stories and includes 14 medical services.
Doctors Hospital of Manteca is opening new outpatient surgery operating rooms at the center.
St. Luke's Magic Valley broke ground on a new outpatient surgery center.
St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia, Mich., reached capacity in its main operating room and decided to open a new surgery center. The $6.9 million surgery center has started hosting procedures.
Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kan., has broken ground on a $12.25 million project that includes a new obstetrics department and surgery center.
Boulder City (Nev.) Hospital closed its surgery center due to financial issues in 2007, but it reopened in July.
BayCare Clinic in Wisconsin is planning to open a new 12,000-square-foot plastic surgery center.