Here are 18 ASCs that were opened in October:
1. Deerfield, Ill.-based Surgical Care Affiliates recently celebrated the grand opening of a 22,700-square-foot surgery center.
2. A new three-story medical facility in Mount Pleasant, S.C., includes a spine surgery center.Occupying about 70,000 square feet, the new East Cooper Medical Offices development is an expansion of East Cooper Medical Center.
3. Concord (N.H.) Orthopaedics broke ground on its new surgery center in late October.
4. Lost Rivers Medical Center in Arco, Idaho, is opening a $3.5 million ASC Oct. 29.
5. Houma, La.-based Cardiovascular Institute of the South broke ground Oct. 18 on a new ASC in Gray, La.
6. Show Low, Ariz.-based Summit Healthcare held a grand opening ceremony Oct. 5 for its new 173,243-square-foot outpatient pavilion.
7. Connecticut Orthopaedic Surgery Center is almost complete, according to Joe Sziabowski of Hardaway | Sziabowski Architects.
8. The city council in Medford, Mass. approved the construction of an ASC on the campus of Lawrence Memorial Hospital Oct 15.
9. Indianapolis-based Methodist Sports Medicine gained approval for its proposed orthopedic hospital, surgery center and medical office building Oct. 15.
10. Bowling Green, Ky.-based Graves-Gilbert Clinic held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new ASC.
11. San Antonio Eye Center is planning an ASC project, according to BBD Construction.
12. In partnership with local surgeons, Fisher-Titus Convenient Care broke ground this week on the Surgery Center of North Central Ohio in Norwalk.
13. A 6,000-square-foot ASC was built in Clayton, N.C. S3DA designed and engineered the ASC for the International Council for Quality Care, an organization aiming to help physicians deliver patient-centered quality care.
14. A new mixed-use medical office development featuring an ASC is coming to Englewood, Colo.
15. The $9 million renovation to transition Charlotte, Mich.-based Hayes Green Beach Memorial Hospital into the Sparrow Health System is complete. The renovation included changing the name of the hospital to Sparrow Eaton Hospital, in addition to adding a new surgery center and implementing a new record-keeping system.
16. A $109 million medical center project with an ASC has opened. for UCHealth in Colorado Springs, Colo.
17. Bismark (N.D.) Surgical Associates' surgery center has opened.
18. Altair Health, a health system managed by physicians, has opened a new spine surgery center in Florham Park, N.J.