ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

A new surgery center in Metairie, La., is likely to open by the end of 2012, according to a The Newsroom report.

The founder and president of Arthrex, a Naples, Fla.-based manufacturer of orthopedic devices, said he is considering building an ambulatory surgery center in Naples, according to a Naples News report.

HCA has announced the appointment of Sylvia Young as president of the company's continental division, where she will oversee 15 surgery centers and dozens of other outpatient centers in Colorado and Wichita, according to a report by The Street.

IRA Realty Capital, a real estate company based in Newport Beach, Calif., has purchased a 92,000-square-foot medical office building that contains The Ophthalmology Surgery Center of Dallas, according to a Citybizlist Dallas report.

Nationwide Children's Hospital in Westerville, Ohio, has opened its first suburban ambulatory surgery center, according to a News-Medical report.

HealthONE, based in Denver, plans to open a new ambulatory surgery center in Thornton, Colo., according to a Denver Post report.

AmSurg Corp. has announced its financial results for the first quarter on 2012, highlighted by a reported increase in net earnings of 35 percent for the quarter, according to a news release.

Sutter Health's Paolo Alto Medical Foundation will start construction of a $200 million outpatient clinic in San Carlos, according to a San Francisco Business Times report.

WellSpan Health has opened its $71 million surgery and rehabilitation hospital in York Township, according to a Central Penn Business report.

The University of Houston is building an ambulatory surgery center for its College of Optometry as part of the institution's new Health and Biomedical Sciences Center in Houston, and the facility is expected to be completed for the fall 2012…