Here are six updates on ASC activity in the South that Becker's has reported on since Oct. 18:

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is opening a new medical campus with an ASC in Saratoga Springs, Utah.

Ground has been broken on a three-story medical office building and ASC project in Katy, Texas, according to a Nov. 4 report from the Katy Times.

Here are 15 new ASCs opened or announced that Becker's reported on in October. 

The Los Angeles city council has approved a medical office building proposal from hospital operator CHA Health Systems to build a 96,000-square-foot facility that will be leased by Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, according to a Nov. 2 report from Urbanize Los Angeles. 

Emporia, Kan.-based Newman Regional Health has filed a request to change the zoning code with the area planning commission in an effort to prevent Topeka, Kan.-based Stormont-Vail Hospital from building an ASC, according to an Oct. 31 report from KVOE. 

Here are six ASCs that have opened or have plans to open in states with certificate-of-need laws for surgery centers:

Cincinnati Children's began construction on a two-story medical building in Eastgate, Ohio, according to an Oct. 27 report by ABC affiliate WCPO.

Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare has proposed to build a medical office building with an ASC in Stafford Township, N.J., app.com reported Oct. 30.

Madison-based Orthopedic and Spine Centers of Wisconsin plans to open a surgery center by November 2024, The Wisconsin State Journal reported Oct. 30.

Durango, Colo.-based Mercy Hospital has broken ground on an ASC and medical office building on the hospital's campus, according to an Oct. 26 report from the Durango Herald.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas is opening an ASC in partnership with United Surgical Partners International and Tennessee Orthopedic Alliance, the Rutherford County Source reported Oct. 26.

NorthShore-Edward-Elmhurst Health broke ground on a 71,000-square-foot cardiovascular institute in Naperville, Ill., according to an Oct. 19 report by RE Journals.

Dallas-based Texas Digestive Disease Consultants and Cedar Park (Texas) Regional Medical Center have broken ground on a joint partnership multispecialty ASC, the Pflugerville (Texas) Surgery Center, according to an Oct. 24 report from Community Impact.

Florence, S.C.-based McLeod Health has broken ground on an ASC on its Carolina Forest campus in Myrtle Beach, ABC affiliate WPDE reported Oct. 24.

Cullman (Ala.) Regional Medical Center has earned approval from the State Health Planning & Development Agency certificate of need review board for the construction of a new ASC at Hartselle (Ala.) Health Park, according to an Oct. 24 report from the Hartselle Enquirer. 

Hoover, Ala.-based Medplex Outpatient Surgery Center has earned approval from the state's certificate-of-need review board to relocate its existing facility and construct an ASC two miles away, according to an Oct. 20 report from the law firm Bradley Arant Boult Cummings posted on JDSupra.

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare has broken ground on the second phase of a $50 million healthcare hub, which includes redeveloping a one-story commercial building into a 47,000-square-foot medical office building, according to an Oct. 20 report from NEREJ.

Here are four moves from ASCs in the Midwest that Becker's has reported on since Oct. 16:

Methodist Hospital is in talks with the Bellaire (Texas) City Council to develop a medical office building in the city's downtown area, according to an Oct. 19 report from Community Impact.