ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Porter Health System, based in Valparaiso, Ind., has announced the completed expansion of Shoreline Surgery Center located in Porter's Portage (Ind.) Hospital, according to a news release.

Kingman (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center is considering whether to use a hospital in Kingman it acquired last year as an outpatient surgery center, according to a Daily Miner report.

Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, based in Houston, has opened a new advanced hand center on its Willowbrook campus in Houston that will include a surgery center, according to a news release.

Eastside Endoscopy Center in Bellevue, Wash., has opened a new ambulatory surgery center in Issaquah, Wash., according to an Issaquah Press report.

Here are the top 10 states with more ambulatory surgery centers than hospitals, according to 2009 data from SDI's Outpatient Surgery Center Profiling Solution.

Nicholas Janiga, manager at HealthCare Appraisers in Castle Rock, Colo., shares his expertise on transitioning small and large group practitioners into a hospital-employed setting.

National Spine & Pain Centers, which operates 10 ambulatory surgery centers and is based in Rockville, Md., has acquired Virginia-based Capitol Spine & Pain Centers, according to a news release.

Construction has begun on a new ambulatory care facility that will house a surgery center in Irvine, Calif., according to a news release from Swinerton Builders, the project's design-build services provider.

University of Maryland Medical System has agreed to acquire St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Md., a member of Catholic Health Initiatives, and plans to turn the hospital into a surgery center, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

Grand Junction (Colo). VA Medical Center has opened a new surgical center, according to a KREX report.