ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

NVISION Laser Eye Centers in Newport Beach, Calif., has acquired Meister Eye & Laser Center and the Eye Surgery Center of Northern California, both in Sacramento, according to an Orange County Register report.

Building a joint venture with a surgery center can be immensely useful for a hospital. The partnership can expand market share, build relationships with physicians, and create a low-cost, high-quality provider for patients seeking convenience. But the process towards symbiotic…

Guadalupe Regional Medical Center in Seguin, Texas, is discussing the acquisition of an outpatient surgery center, according to a Seguin Gazette report.

St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield, Ill., has dedicated its new surgery center, which broke ground in October 2011, according to a Journal-News report.

University Health System, based in San Antonio, Texas, will build a $121 million "one-stop shop" medical clinic, to include outpatient surgery, according to a San Antonio Express-News report.

Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tenn., has constructed a new, 62,365-square-foot surgery center in Spring Hill, to be run by Vanderbilt Operative Services, according to a WKSR report.

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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…