ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Centra is opening a medical center in Lynchburg, Va., estimated to cost $13 million, according to the News & Advance.

The North Carolina Senate's proposed budget could spell the end of the state's certificate of need program, according to a Blue Ridge Now report. 

The global urgent care centers market will progress at a CAGR of 3.8 percent between 2014 and 2020, according to a market study published by Transparency Market Research.

Hospital Corporation of America's TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., won a certificate of need battle to move its surgery center, but the project's opponents are gathering once again, according to a Nashville Business Journal report.

Surgery center administrators in Connecticut are working to influence legislators to get rid of a 6 percent "provider tax" in the $40.3 billion Democratic budget, reports Washington Times.

Surgicare of Mobile (Ala.) has filed a certificate of need application for an expansion project, according to a Lexology report.

St. Mary's plans to build a $10 million outpatient facility, called Westside Crossing, to serve community members in Evansville, Ind., according to Courier & Press.

New York Ear & Eye Infirmary of Mount Sinai is opening a new location in Bayside, Queens.

A bill introduced by Assemblyman John J. Burzichelli and Assemblywoman Pamela R. Lampitt would reduce the ambulatory care facility assessment in New Jersey. ASCs in New Jersey were first assessed in 2004, and currently are assessed 2.95 percent of gross…

Aria Health, based in Philadelphia, plans to build a health village in Lower Makefield, Pa., according to a Bucks County Courier Times report.