ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

A proposed joint-venture ophthalmology surgery center for Wilton, N.Y., has received approval from the state's Department of Health, according to a Business Review report.

Thompson Health, based in Canandaigua, N.Y., has announced its F.F. Thompson Hospital has opened a new surgery center on the main Thompson Health campus in Canandaigua, according to a news release.

Raleigh (N.C.) Orthopaedic Clinic and Rex Healthcare, a member of Raleigh-based UNC Health Care, have announced they will break ground on a new joint-venture orthopedic surgery center on April 12, according to a news release.

Regulations introduced by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health would severely limit the ability of ASCs to provide care, according to an editorial by Linda Rahm, president of the Massachusetts Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers and administrator of Pioneer Valley…

Healthcare Trust of America has assumed leasing and management of its portfolio of outpatient surgery centers in central Indiana, according to an Indianapolis Business Journal report.

Norwalk (Conn.) Hospital plans to include an ambulatory surgery center in a new ambulatory medical center, according to a Connecticut Post report.

AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, a medical billing, practice management and coding services company, has acquired COMPUDATA, an Ohio-based medical billing company, according to a news release.

Emergency regulations proposed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in January would require surgery centers to receive state approval before expanding or adding more services, according to a Sentinel & Enterprise report.

A group of physicians is aiming to buy out Advocate Health Care's controlling interest in Orland Park Surgical Center, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.

Gastroenterologist Eric Ibegbu, MD, has opened a new GI-driven surgery center in Kingston, N.C., according to a Free Press report.