ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Lawrence County Memorial Hospital in Lawrenceville, Ill., has begun work on a new $4.3 million surgery center project, according to a Daily Record report and the hospital's website.

Here are reports on 28 new surgery centers that were opened, announced or broke ground in April. Note: Clicking a link will open the report in a new tab.

The developer of the Surgi-Center of Central Virginia in Fredericksburg is planning a similar build in North Stafford, Va., according to a Fredericksburg report.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Public Health Counsel codified a series of Determination of Need guidelines for ambulatory surgery centers in the commonwealth earlier this month, effectively prohibiting the expansion of ambulatory surgery centers, according to a…

HCA has reported its first quarter 2012 results and reports that outpatient volumes saw an increase over the same quarter last year, according to a Market Watch report.

An amendment added to an Iowa spending bill that would have allowed ophthalmologist Lee Birchansky, MD, ABES, to operate a surgery center in Cedar Rapids is unlikely to pass, according to an Eastern Iowa Government report.

Construction on a new hospital project for Mt. Vernon, Ill., that includes a surgery center is making progress, according to a Mt. Vernon Register-News report.

Contractors building a new surgery center for East Texas Medical Center-Crockett are projecting a November completion date for the project, according to an East Texas News report.

Here are 10 hospitals that recently announced or developed surgery centers, according to various news reports.

Erie (Pa.) Shriners Hospital for Children has become an ambulatory surgery center and outpatient center, according to an Erie Times-News report.