ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Lexington (S.C.) Medical Center is planning a 225,000-square-foot facility in Columbia, S.C., The State reports.

Center for Day Surgery wants permission to add surgical specialties on an as-needed basis, according to a document filed by the Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency.

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset (N.J.) opened an 11,000-square-foot surgery center on the third floor of its campus, My Central Jersey reports.

Microhospitals are coming, and they're ready to fill the gap between ASCs and large-scale hospitals, according to a Coherent Markets Insights report on NewsAim.

Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Health System opened a medical plaza in Brownwood, Texas, adjacent to its surgery center, the Brownwood Bulletin reports.

Tampa, Fla.-based Physician Partners of America acquired an outpatient surgery center in Fullerton, Calif.

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Topeka-based The University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus acquired the Tallgrass Surgical Building in Topeka, local news affiliate WIBW reports.

A $50 million outpatient campus in Portsmouth, N.H., is two-thirds complete, Seacoastonline.com reports.