Downers Grove, Ill.-based DuPage Medical Group opened an ASC dedicated to spine and orthopedic surgery as part of its musculoskeletal institute.
Phoenix Spine & Joint will open its third and biggest surgery center in Gilbert, Ariz., in February. About 30 surgeons will operate at the facility, which cost about $3.5 million to develop.
Fargo, N.D.-based Northern Neurosurgery & Spine is set to lease space in a $16 million medical facility with a surgery center in Duluth, Minn. Construction will begin in June and end in late 2021.
In October, Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare and Newark-based Delaware Neurosurgical Group filed a notice of intent to develop a joint-venture spine ASC for $4.8 million. The ASC would feature six operating rooms and allow for same-day and short-stay surgeries.
San Antonio-based South Texas Spine & Surgical Hospital opened an outpatient surgery center in August. The facility has two operating rooms, six preoperative rooms and eight post-anesthesia care unit bays.
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