ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio, has purchased River View Imaging Center, approximately one year after its purchase of River View Surgery Center for $8.5 million in 2011, according to a Lancaster Eagle Gazette report.

The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Medicine has acquired Parris Castoro Eye Care Center, an outpatient eye and laser surgery center, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

Northside Hospital in Cumming, Ga., has opened the new Northside-Forsyth Outpatient Surgery center, according to an Access North GA report.

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Miami Children's Hospital has announced plans to open four new outpatient centers as part of its expansion this year, according to a South Florida Business Journal report.

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Rochester General Health System has completed its acquisition of four medical buildings in Penfield, N.Y., one of which will be used as a new ambulatory surgery center, according to a Penfield Post report.

Surgical Management Professionals, a company with over 25 years of proven expertise in managing, consulting and developing ambulatory surgery centers and physician-owned hospitals across the country, has recently purchased an interest in the Desert Cliffs Surgery Center in Mesa, Ariz.

Community Health Systems has acquired Memorial Health Systems in York, Pa., which includes the Surgical Center of York and other outpatient and ancillary services, according to a Market Watch report.

Mease Dunedin Hospital in Dunedin, Fla., recently renovated it surgery center to include three integrated-technology operating rooms, according to a Tampa Bay Times report.