Atlanta-based Morehouse School of Medicine plans to establish a multispecialty ASC, according to a letter of intent filed Oct. 27. 

Lawrenceville, Ga.-based East Atlanta Eye Surgery Center wants to become a single-specialty center, according to a letter of intent filed Oct. 27.

Abilene (Texas) Surgery Center is coming together, according to Chris Whittle, RN, nurse administrator at Killeen-based Central Texas Day Surgery Center and Abilene Spine and Joint Surgery Center.

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health Care has a medical building project underway in Cary, N.C., according to DPR Construction.

Adirondack Health will soon open an ambulatory surgery unit at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, N.Y., the Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports.

Wilmington (N.C.) Eye plans to open the first and only ophthalmology ASC in eastern North Carolina, near its main practice.

In mid-November, Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care and The Jackson (Tenn.) Clinic revealed plans to build an outpatient surgery center in North Jackson.

Only a dozen states don't require certificate-of-need approval for outpatient surgery center development and expansion, according to Transwestern, a commercial real estate company.

Outpatient surgery center projects are subject to certificate-of-need requirements in the overwhelming majority of U.S. states, according to Transwestern, a commercial real estate company.

Richens Eye Center is opening an ASC this fall in St. George, Utah, St. George News reports.

The Cherokee Nation and Indian Health Services are holding a grand opening ceremony for a $200 million tribal outpatient health center in Tahlequah, Okla., Nov. 14.

LuccaHealth Medical Specialty Center opened Oct. 25 to provide specialty care and same-day surgery in partnership with New York City-based New York University School of Medicine.

Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare plans to open its fourth outpatient surgery center in spring 2020.

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

  A new eye surgery center is coming to Wilmington, N.C., in 2021, pending certificate of need approval, according to local news source WilmingtonBiz.

The University of Miami (Fla.) Health System plans to build a medical center with outpatient services at Downtown Doral, a mixed-use community in Doral, Fla.

Atlanta-based Morehouse School of Medicine applied for a certificate of need to build a $26.5 million ASC on its campus, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports.

Wheeling (W.Va.) Hospital's ASC in is nearly complete, according to the Wheeling News-Register.

An outpatient services department with a joint venture ASC has opened at UPMC Memorial in York, Pa., according to the Patriot News.

Medical City Frisco (Texas) expects to wrap up construction on its nearby ASC by May 2020, Community Impact reports.