Here are seven hospitals and health systems that opened or announced plans for an ASC in July:
- Catholic Health was given approval to construct a $66 million hospital in Lockport, N.Y., with an outpatient surgery center.
- Quincy, Ill.-based Blessing Health System announced that it would open a $21 million ASC this fall that will be connected to Blessing Hospital's campus.
- Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Apricus Health will open the Surgery Center of Avondale this fall.
- The Genesis HealthCare System of Zanesville (Ohio) broke ground on a $45 million medical center with an ASC in Coshocton.
- HCA Healthcare West Florida is opening the 75,000-square-foot Hospital for Endocrine Surgery, in Tampa, Fla.
- Boston Children's Hospital is planning a $435 million suburban expansion, which will include a 224,000-square-foot ASC in Needham, Mass.
- Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas is opening a $16 million ASC in Murfreesboro.