ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

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…

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.