ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

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.

Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, Fla., will begin construction on a $200 million tower to house patient rooms, a surgery center, women's services and orthopedics, according to a Tampa Bay Times report.

Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan., officially broke ground on its $20 million surgery center on Monday, according to a Morning Sun report.