ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are 10 new ambulatory surgery centers recently opening and expanding.

Representatives from Meridian Surgical Partners will attend the McGuireWoods Healthcare and Life Sciences Private Equity and Finance Conference at the end of February.

Surgicare founder Robert Knapp, MD, and associates have opened Surgicare of Wichita, a new $7 million outpatient surgery center, according to a Wichita Business Journal report.

Karolyn Martin, a certified physician assistant, has joined Southeastern Surgical Center, an affiliate of Southeastern Health in Lumberton, N.C., according to a WBTW report.

Crouse Hospital has finished work on the Chris J. and Marshia K. Witting Surgical Center, according to a Business Journal of Central New York report.

The Iowa Senate and House of Representatives have introduced legislation to establish ASC licensing in the state, according to an ASCA report.

The number of ambulatory surgery centers is closing in on the number of hospitals nationwide, according to a Dallas Business Journal report.

St. Luke's Hospital-Miners Campus in Coaldale, Pa., has announced it will open a 7,600-square-foot medical center to include outpatient orthopedic services, according to a MENAFN report.

Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan., is progressing with construction on its new surgery center, according to a Four States Home Page report.

Heartland Health has introduced the Mosaic Life Care Plastic Surgery and Dermatology Center in St. Joseph, Mo., according to a St. Joe Channel report.