The Albert Lea (Minn.) Healthcare Coalition broke ground on a full-service primary care clinic in the city that will be staffed by Mason City-based MercyOne North Iowa, local ABC affiliate 6News reported Jan. 14.

San Ramon, Calif.-based Meridian reached a deal to acquire a 188,000-square-foot medical complex in Arizona with a hospital, medical office building and surgery center, pleasatonweekly.com reported Jan. 14.

Here are 12 ASCs that opened or announced expansions in 2020:

Leawood, Kan.-based ValueHealth is developing a total joint-focused surgery center in Chadds Ford, Pa., the company announced Jan. 12.

Baptist Health Louisville (Ky.) is building an outpatient center on the former site of a local hotel, local ABC affiliate WHAS reported Jan. 11.

Cheryl Stanski, MD, is a general surgeon and the medical director at Holston Medical Group's Kingsport, Tenn.-based MeadowView Surgery Center.

Here are four hospitals and health systems that opened or announced plans for ASCs in December:

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is developing a $500 million facility in Seattle, but the COVID-19 pandemic altered what may be in the final development plan, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported Jan. 10.

Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute is developing a 371,000-square-foot healthcare facility in Orlando, Fla., that'll feature an outpatient surgery center, Rebusinessonline reported Jan. 8.

Towson, Md.-based SurgCenter Development is scouting locations in Maryland to develop an ASC.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control on Jan. 7 approved a proposal from two Orangeburg, S.C., physicians to build a $12.5 million ASC, The Times and Democrat reported.

Towson, Md.-based SurgCenter Development is moving forward with a new ASC development in New Hampshire, its first of 2021. 

Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Health delayed expanding into Danville, Ill., due to COVID-19, but is now seeking state permission to move forward with a pair of projects, The News-Gazette reported Jan. 6.

A surgery center slated to be built adjacent to UH Mayfield (Ohio) Village Health Center will be delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cleveland.com reported Jan. 6.

Destin (Fla.) Surgery Center moved to a new location Jan. 5, NWF Daily News reports.

Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Health System bought a stake in Columbus-based Surgery Center at Easton, the health system announced Jan. 4.

Lexington, Ky.-based CHI Saint Joseph Health opened a renovated outpatient surgery center, the Lexington Herald Leader reported Jan. 4.

Bradenton, Fla.-based Coastal Orthopedics' headquarters development could be one of the largest projects in 2021, the Business Observer reported Jan. 1.

Becker's ASC Review reported on 5 ASCs that opened or were announced in December.

A group of orthopedic specialists are building a surgery center next to Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Penrose-St. Francis Health Services' in-development third hospital campus, the Gazette reported Dec. 29.