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54 JOINT VENTURES Which states have the highest, lowest concentration of ASCs? By Angie Stewart W ashington, D.C., Maryland and New Jersey are the only areas in the U.S. with more than 20 ASCs per 1,000 square miles, according to a July report from Anthem's Public Policy Institute. Totals were calculated using data from the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and the U.S. Census. e number of ASCs per 1,000 square miles: More than 20: Washington, D.C. Maryland New Jersey Five to 20: California Hawaii Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island Pennsylvania Georgia Florida One to four: Washington Arizona Colorado Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Missouri Arkansas Tennessee Louisiana Mississippi Texas South Carolina North Carolina Virginia New York New Hampshire Delaware Less than one: Alaska Oregon Idaho Nevada Utah Montana Wyoming New Mexico North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Minnesota Iowa Kentucky West Virginia Alabama Vermont Maine n Work progressing on Illinois physician group's ASC By Eric Oliver W ork is progressing on Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group's ASC inside Quincy Mall, the St. Louis Post Dispatch reports. The surgery center is being built in the former Bergn- er's department store in the Quincy Mall. The center will be next to QMG's Cancer Institute, which was also built in the Bergner's. Quincy Medical Group took over the 70,000-square- foot department store with the intent to build two healthcare facilities. n Colorado hospital expanding with ASC By Eric Oliver V ail (Colo.) Health is building a medical health center in Dillon, Colo., that will feature a surgery center, Summit Daily reports. The health system is building an 85,000-square-foot health center. The center will feature an ASC, a multispecialty clinic and an urgent care. Developers plan to wrap up construction around fall 2021. Vail Health hasn't determined what services the hospital will offer, but family and internal medicine services will be listed. n