Baptist Health Lexington (Ky.) will build a $1B medical campus that will expand care options in Lexington, The News Tribune reports.

Delphi, Ind.-based St. Elizabeth Healthcare signed a letter of intent to absorb Lawrenceburg, Ind.-based Highpoint Health, The Journal Press & The Register reports.

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control fielded applications for several specialty ASCs in April.

ASCs and hospitals in Southern Nevada can expect to "see a wave of non-coronavirus patients" now that necessary elective surgeries are allowed to resume, according to Daniel Burkhead, MD, a pain management physician interviewed by the Las Vegas Sun.

AdventHealth Tampa (Fla.) placed the final beam on its six-story, 300,000-square-foot surgical tower May 15, Patch reports.

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System plans to open a hospital in Minocqua, Wis., in July after delaying the opening in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, local radio station WSAU reports.

A health system in Maine is planning to construct a multimillion-dollar ASC focused on orthopedics but will also include other outpatient specialties, according to the Bangor Daily News.

Three new proposals or plans for joint venture ASCs:

Five hospitals and health systems opened or announced new ASCs in April:

Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, Fla., is seeking approval to build a new hospital with a surgery center, an emergency room and retail spaces in St. Johns County, The St. Augustine Record reports.

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.