ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan., has accepted bids from general contractors for the new Via Christi Surgery Center, according to a Morning Sun report.

Here are 10 hospitals planning or developing ambulatory surgery centers, according to various news reports.

The Office of the Inspector General plans to examine in 2013 the extent to which hospitals acquire ASCs and convert them to hospital outpatient departments, according to an ASCA report.

Hilton Head Hospital and St. Joseph's/Candler Health System in Bluffton, S.C., have reached an agreement over St. Joseph's/Candler's opposition to Hilton Head's application or a new outpatient center, according to a Bluffton Today report.

Henry County Health Center in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, broke ground Tuesday on a new surgery center, according to a Hawk Eye report.

Editor's note: The Becker's ASC Review e-weekly newsletter mistakenly listed Corona Summit Surgical Center as opening in Illinois. As stated in the story, the surgery center is located in Corona, California.The Corona (Calif.) Summit Surgical Center opened its doors on…

Scottsdale Healthcare and its joint venture partner Sovereign Healthcare have completed a transaction, acquiring majority ownership of Biltmore Surgical Center in Phoenix, Ariz., according to a Business Wire report.

First Surgical Partners, an ambulatory surgery center and acute care hospital company, today announced that it is currently considering going private, according to a Daily Finance report.

Here are 10 new surgery centers that have received certificate of need approvals or opened in CON states.

Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Conn., is proposing to acquire a nearby ambulatory surgery center that exclusively performs gastroenterology and colonoscopy procedures, according to a Hartford Business report.