A pair of local clinicians are competing against Orangeburg, S.C.-based Regional Medical Center to earn approval to develop a surgery center in Orangeburg, The Times and Democrat reports.

Baptist Health Lexington (Ky.) plans to build a $1 billion outpatient surgery and medical campus in Hamburg, Ky., for which it will receive up to $12.7 million in tax breaks over 20 years, the Lexington Herald Leader reports.

St. Augustine, Fla.-based Flagler Hospital resumed performing elective procedures May 4, The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports.

While the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections is still counting absentee ballots, it seems likely University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center will receive approval from local voters to develop a medical office building and outpatient surgery center in Mayfield, Ohio, cleveland.com reports.

Eight ASCs were opened or announced in April:

A 23,000-square-foot ASC in Anna, Texas, is on track for a July opening despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Daily Light reports.

Nineteen hospitals and health systems have opened or announced plans to open an ASC so far in 2020.

There are 60 new ASCs that opened or were announced during the first quarter of 2020.

Colorado construction firm Golden Triangle Construction began working on four outpatient healthcare projects in the state, Mile High CRE reports.

Saint Thomas Health, United Surgical Partners International and Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance are seeking state approval to build a $14 million surgery center, Daily News Journal reports.

4 hospitals and health systems opened or announced ASC developments in March:

Thirteen ASCs were opened or announced in March:

Alexandria, Minn.-based Alomere Health is preparing for an influx of COVID-19 patients, the Alexandria Echo Press reports.

A Washington building slated to include an ASC is temporarily being repurposed for COVID-19 relief, according to The Waitsburg Times.

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System delayed the opening of its new facility in Minocqua, Wis., due to delays in the regulatory review process and other issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic, local NPR affiliate WXPR reports.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health received approval to convert an existing building into a $19.95 million ASC, the Nashville Post reports.

A group of local physicians and Towson, Md.-based SurgCenter Development opened a 7,500-square-foot surgery center in Boyne City, Mich., the News-Review reports.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control approved West Columbia, S.C.-based Lexington Medical Center's $19.9 million outpatient surgery center proposal in Columbia, S.C., FitsNews reports.

Fort Worth, Texas-based Medical City Alliance is building an ASC to alleviate the caseload in its main operating rooms, Community Impact reports.

An Oklahoma City man allegedly attacked and robbed a woman as she was on her way to work at the Oklahoma Center for Orthopaedic & Multi-Specialty Surgery March 26, Oklahoma News 4 reports.