ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are 49 hospitals that announced plans for or opened ambulatory surgery centers this year.

The year is almost at an end. Here are four articles on development in the ambulatory surgery center industry this year.

The University of Maryland Shore Regional Health and University of Maryland Medical System will open the $7 million Surgery Center at Queenstown (Md.) on Dec. 18, according to a report by The Democrat Star.

Here are four ambulatory surgery center joint ventures that have been formed or announced within the past month.

The following hospitals and health systems have announced or opened ASCs in the past month.

Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleep Hollow, N.Y., has opened the Phelps SurgiCenter.

Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.H., has broken ground on a 16,000-square-foot surgery center, according to a Foster's Daily Democrat report.

Yuma (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center has two surgery centers, but it will close one on Jan. 31, according to a Yuma Sun report.

Connecticut Orthopaedic Specialists and The Orthopaedic Group have finished a merger that brings eight orthopedists and four offices into COS, according to a report from the Providence Journal.

Danbury (Conn.) Orthopedics has opened an ambulatory surgery center that is part of a $5 million upgrade of its existing White Street facility, according to a report from the Stamford Advocate.