ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center will soon open a new surgery center on its campus, a merger of Yellowstone Surgery Center and Cheyenne Surgical Center, according to a Wyoming Business Report article.

Highmark has received approval to renovate a former men's clothing store in Monroeville, Pa., to accommodate a new ambulatory surgery center, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.

A Cook County Circuit Court judge has denied an attempt by Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington, Heights, Ill., to revoke the admitting privileges of a surgeon who planned to open a competing outpatient surgery center near the hospital's campus, according…

TriHealth, based in Cincinnati, has purchased Evendale Medical Center, as well as two surgery centers and an imaging center, according to a Business Courier report.

Kentuckiana Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Associates in Kentucky is constructing a new office that will contain a surgery center on the first floor, according to a Louisville Business First report.

Hilton Head (S.C.) Hospital will break ground this month on a $16 million outpatient medical center in Bluffton, according to an Island Packet report.

Northstar Healthcare has announced the closing on Dec. 31, 2012, of a private placement offering for equity at Northstar's affiliated Dallas-area ambulatory surgery center, Microsurgery Institute, according to a Canada Newswire report.

NVISION Laser Eye Centers has acquired Meister Eye & Laser Center and the Eye Surgery Center of Northern California, both in Sacramento, Calif., according to a Market Watch report.

Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, Pa., has announced a joint venture with North East Surgery Center, according to a Times Tribune report.

Novant Health is continuing its fight against Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's plans for a new ambulatory surgery center, requesting that the North Carolina Supreme Court hear its appeal over the proposed facility, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.