ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

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.

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Ann H. Kalter, MD, and Cynthia S. Cooper, MD, have started performing outpatient gynecologic surgery at the Stratham Ambulatory Surgery Center in Dover, N.H., according to a Melodika report.

Symbion, a company that owns and operates a network of short-stay surgical facilities, has announced the following staff promotions:

Physicians Endoscopy has announced the acquisition of a majority share in the Endoscopy Center of Bucks County in Newton, Pa.

Good Samaritan Medical Center in Easton, Mass., has expanded by acquiring a surgery center in North Easton, according to a Patch report.