ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

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…

Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital has announced its board has voted to approve the hospital's participation in a proposed joint venture with LHP Hospital Group and Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, according to a letter from Waterbury Hospital's CEO.

Here are 10 new surgery centers planned, developed or opened in the last several weeks, according to various news reports.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation, a Sutter Health affiliate based in Mountain View, Calif., has announced it will break ground on a new medical center in San Carlos, Calif., that will include an outpatient surgery center, according to a news release.

A new outpatient surgery center is under consideration for Richland, Wash., according to a Bellingham Herald report.

The surgeons of Premier Surgery Center of Louisville, a Surgical Care Affiliates facility, plan to leave their downtown location for a new $6 million facility currently under construction, according to a Louisville Business First report.

Johnson Memorial Hospital will open the first phase of its surgery center April 30, according to a Daily Journal report.

Medical Facilities Corporation announced that a cash dividend payment of CDN $0.0917 per common share will be payable on May 15 to holders of record of common shares at the close of business on April 30, according to Stockhouse report.

Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center in Fort Meade, Md., is scheduled to open a new outpatient surgery center in Fort Meade in May, according to a Ft. Meade SoundOff report.