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26 JOINT VENTURES The number of ASCs in the US: A state-by-state breakdown By Laura Dyrda ere are around 5,700 Medicare-certified ASCs in the U.S. Here are the number of ASCs in each state based on CMS data from May 2020, as reported by ASCA. California: 813 Texas: 429 Florida: 454 Georgia: 374 Maryland: 343 New Jersey: 266 Pennsylvania: 249 Ohio: 195 Oregon: 189 Arizona: 186 New York: 147 Tennessee: 135 Colorado: 131 Illinois: 128 Indiana: 125 North Carolina: 125 Michigan: 104 Missouri: 100 Washington: 90 Louisiana: 86 Wisconsin: 84 Minnesota: 78 Nevada: 78 Mississippi: 74 South Carolina: 68 Arkansas: 66 Kansas: 66 Virginia: 58 Massachusetts: 55 Idaho: 53 Connecticut: 52 Nebraska: 51 Utah: 43 Alabama: 42 Oklahoma: 41 Kentucky: 35 New Hampshire: 28 Iowa: 27 Delaware: 23 Hawaii: 21 Montana: 19 Alaska: 17 South Dakota: 16 Maine: 15 New Mexico: 18 Wyoming: 18 North Dakota: 13 Rhode Island: 13 West Virginia: 8 Vermont: 2 n ValueHealth opens surgery center with Rothman Orthopaedics, 2 other health systems By Alan Condon L eawood, Kan.-based ValueHealth has opened Physicians Care Surgery Center in Royersford, Pa., according to a June 22 press release. The multispecialty surgery center is a joint venture be- tween Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Main Line Health and Jefferson Health, all based in Philadelphia, as well as local physicians. Certified by the Ambulatory Centers of Excellence, the 27,000-square-foot outpatient facility offers a total joint replacement program with extended-stay suites in the same building as the ASC. ValueHealth and Rothman Orthopaedics are developing five similar facilities in Greater Philadelphia. n SCA-affiliated surgery center opens in Florida — 3 insights By Angie Stewart First Coast Surgery Center opened recently in Jackson- ville, Fla. What you should know: 1. First Coast Surgery Center is an affiliate of Deerfield, Ill.-based Surgical Care Affiliates. 2. KaShondra Smith serves as the surgery center's CEO. Ms. Smith graduated from the Hattiesburg-based Univer- sity of Southern Mississippi with a Bachelor of Science in public health/health policy and administration. She earned a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Science in health administration at the University of Ala- bama at Birmingham. 3. First Coast Surgery Center has a team of seven ortho- pedic surgeons specializing in areas including foot and ankle care, sports medicine, spine surgery, and total hip and knee replacements. n