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10 ASC MANAGEMENT Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare plans to open its fourth outpatient surgery center in spring 2020. New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M.-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services is opening three ASCs, including one that could be the region's largest. Alamogordo, N.M.-based Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center broke ground Aug. 9 on a medical office complex that will house a surgery center. New York e New York Public Health and Health Planning Council awarded OrthoNY, Albany ENT & Allergy Services PC and St. Peter's Hospital preliminary approval of their $11.5 million surgery center development. All locations are in Albany, N.Y. A group of Buffalo, N.Y. neurosurgeons received preliminary approval of their $7.8 million surgery center from the Public Health and Health Planning Council's estab- lishment committee. Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Medical Cen- ter received approval to add an ASC to its existing building. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is building a facility that will house an ASC. Albany Medical Center, Saratoga Hospital and Capital Region North are teaming up to build an outpatient surgery center primarily devoted to joint surgeries in Albany. Ulster, N.Y.-based HealthQuest Medical Practice is building a primary care office and an ASC in a former Macy's in Ulster. New York City-based Kofinas Fertility Group opened New York's first standalone repro- ductive ASC. e Gerald J. Friedman Center for Breast and Lymphatic Surgery opened in Great Neck, N.Y. Syracuse (N.Y.) Orthopedic Specialists opened an ASC with more space to accom- modate joint replacement procedures. e New York City Council dedicated $5.5 million to build a surgery center at NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst in the city's Queens borough. Rochester, N.Y.-based Cornerstone Eye As- sociates broke ground on an ASC Sept. 5. White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital plans to offer ambulatory surgical services at a proposed $10.1 million clinic. Adirondack Health soon will open an am- bulatory surgery unit at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, N.Y. North Carolina Pardee UNC Health Care's planned $16 million ASC is part of the nonprofit hos- pital's strategy for adapting to healthcare consumerism. Raleigh, N.C.-based Compass Surgical Part- ners opened Skyway Surgery Center in St. Petersburg, Fla., in partnership with a group of independent neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons and pain management specialists. Aer suing for independence from Atrium Health in 2018, Tryon Medical Partners has opened a $2.8 million gastroenterology ASC in Charlotte, N.C. Construction of Granite Falls, N.C.-based Prime Surgical Suites is nearing completion, according to orthopedic spine surgeon Mat- thew Hannibal, MD. Raleigh-based Compass Surgical Partners formed Tampa, Fla.-based Legacy Surgery Center in partnership with a group of physi- cians. Compass Surgical Partners and a group of local surgeons also gained clearance to build a multispecialty ASC in Winston-Salem, N.C. A $7.1 million ASC, with backing from Lenoir, N.C.-based Caldwell UNC Health Care and a group of eight surgeons. An ASC and medical office building is taking shape in Mooresville, N.C. e 31,000-square-foot ASC and medical office building will be three stories tall. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Health is opening a newly expanded ASC at West Columbia, N.C.-based Lexing- ton Medical Center in September. Construction of an orthopedic ASC in Gran- ite Falls, N.C., has wrapped up. e develop- ment was handled by Flagship Healthcare properties for Prime Surgical Suites, an affiliate of Caldwell UNC Healthcare. A 6,000-square-foot ASC was built in Clay- ton, N.C. Wilmington (N.C.) Eye plans to open the first and only ophthalmology ASC in eastern North Carolina, near its main practice. North Dakota Construction has wrapped up on a 36,450-square-foot surgical facility for Bis- marck Surgical Associates in North Dakota, and the center opened. e new Unity Medical Center facility will feature a surgery center, rehabilitation services and an emergency room. All private patient rooms will be private, and the center will have a rural medical training and education center and medical library in North Dakota. Ohio Akron, Ohio-based Orthopaedic Surgery Center is building a bigger, $7 million facility in Boardman, Ohio. Canton, Ohio-based Omni Orthopaedics plans to build a surgery center in Jackson Township, Ohio. Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is seeking approval to expand its ambulatory care network by building a large outpatient care center in Dublin, Ohio. Norwalk, Ohio-based Fisher-Titus Medical Center and area surgeons are partnering for a regional surgery center in Norwalk. William L. Camp, MD, and Alexandra Zhang, MD, are opening Lucent Derma- tology and Skin Surgery Center, a private dermatology practice in Beachwood, Ohio. UH Mayfield (Ohio) Village Medical Center is seeking to rezone part of its land to build an outpatient surgery center and medical office building. Oklahoma Oklahoma City-based McBride Orthope- dic Hospital opened an outpatient surgery center in early June. Pennsylvania Beaver, Pa.-based Heritage Valley Health Sys- tem opened its 59,000-square-foot outpatient "medical neighborhood" in a new mixed use- development in Center Township, Pa. York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health opened an outpatient surgery center in Hanover, Pa. An outpatient pavilion featuring an ASC is coming to Doylestown (Pa.) Health's campus. Easton-based University of Maryland Shore Regional Health gained permission to transi- tion Cambridge-based UM Shore Medical Center at Dorchester into a freestanding medical facility. Located beside a new medi- cal pavilion, the freestanding facility will include an ASC with one operating room and one procedure room. Muve Health plans to open a total joint re- placement ASC in West Chester, Pa., as part of its growth strategy. Pennsylvania awarded WellSpan Health a $500,000 grant for its Health and Surgery