ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell, Idaho, is planning a $6.25 million expansion and renovation of its surgery center, according to an Idaho Press-Tribune report.

UMass Memorial Health Care in Worchester, Mass., and Shields Health Care Group in Quincy announced plans for a new freestanding ambulatory surgery center in Shrewsbury.

A new medical office building and ambulatory surgery center were completed in Fort Worth.

Morton Plant Hospital is working on a $200 million expansion that will include a surgical center, according to a Tampa Bay Times report.

AmSurg has acquired its second radiology group. Sheridan, the company's physician services division, completed the acquisition of Radiology Associates of Hollywood (Fla.).

UMass Memorial Health Care, based in Worchester, Mass., and Shields Health Care Group, based in Quincy, Mass., plan to open a 40,000-square-foot, freestanding ambulatory surgery center in Shrewsbury, Mass., according to a Telegram report.

New legislation introduced in North Carolina would deregulate the opening of ambulatory surgery centers in the state, according to a Triangle Business Journal report.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago received approval from the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board to double the number of operating rooms at its outpatient center, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

Surgical Care Affiliates, The CORE Institute and six independent physicians have partnered to open a surgical hospital in Phoenix. Here are five things to know about the partnership and project.

Physicians Endoscopy has acquired a stake in the Philadelphia Gastroenterology Consultants Endoscopy Center of Excellence. Here are four things to know about the transaction.