ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Ambulatory surgery center operator Symbion saw its year-over-year loss widen in the first quarter of 2012, according to a Nashville Post report.

Foundation Surgery Affiliates and Foundation Surgical Hospital Affiliates, together known as Foundation Healthcare, will combine with Graymark Healthcare, a provider of sleep management solutions, according to a news release.

Glenn C. Campbell, MD, an ophthalmologist, is suing Virginia's Riverside Hospital over alleged breach of contract and violation of federal arbitration rules, according to a Virginia Gazette report.

The city council of Lumberton, N.C., is expected to refer a petition for a conditional use permit for Southeastern Regional Medical Center's development of a new facility in Lumberton to the city's planning board, according to a Robesonian report.

The Digestive and Liver Center of Florida has announced that the Endo-Surgical Center of Florida in Orlando is now open.

Aspen Surgery Center in Simi Valley, Calif., is undergoing a renovation that will expand the facility 30 percent, according to a Moorpark Acorn report.

Sonoma (Calif.) Valley Hospital has started construction on a new two-story facility that will house a surgery center and emergency department, according to a Sonoma Portal report.

Construction leaders completed the first phase of construction on Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center in San Antonio, according to a KSAT report.

Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services and the University of Minnesota are collaborating on a $182 million surgery center project, according to a Star Tribune report.

ThedaCare will begin construction on ThedaCare Medical Center in Shawano, Wis., next year, with completion expected in 2014, according to a Chicago Tribune report.