ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Weston-based Cleveland Clinic Florida broke ground on Family Health and Ambulatory Surgery Center, in Coral Springs, Fla., according to Sun Sentinel.

Here are six updates on ASC management companies for healthcare leaders to note:

Evesham, N.J.-based Virtua, a nonprofit health system, is seeking New Jersey State Health Planning Board approval to relocate Mount Holly, N.J.-based Virtua Memorial Hospital to a new campus equipped with an ASC in Mount Holly, according to Burlington County Times.

Pismo Beach, Calif.-based SurgCenter Development is aiming to increase its ASC presence with a new surgery center in Zeeland, Mich., according to MiBiz.

Here are 11 ASCs that were announced or opened in the past month.

Lawrence (Mass.) General Hospital is putting the finishing touches on its $56 million surgery center, slated to open April 2017, The Boston Globe reports.

Devin Nunes, R.-Calif., and John Larson, D-Conn., introduced the Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017 in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to an ASCA report.

Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care plans to construct a new ASC and medical office building in Greenfield, Wis., according to BizTimes Milwaukee.

Spine Team Texas broke ground on a new medical office, featuring an ASC, alongside Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen and Dallas-based Medcore Partners, according to Allen American.

Providence, R.I.-based Prospect CharterCare filed an application to buy Johnston, R.I.-based Blackstone Valley Surgicare, prompting The United Nurses and Allied Professionals to object to the sale, according to Providence Journal.