Here are four hospitals and health systems that opened or announced ASCs in April:
Fort Worth, Texas-based Cook Children's Health System is constructing a series of projects, including a surgery center in Frisco, Texas.
Easton-based University of Maryland Shore Regional Health gained permission to convert Cambridge-based UM Shore Medical Center at Dorchester into a freestanding medical facility with an ASC.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based TriStar Health is moving forward with a $17.3 million surgery center development after fierce opposition delayed the project for over a year.
Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center won conditional approval to build a freestanding ASC for $19.4 million.
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