ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

A surgery center is included in a new Hyannis, Mass., outpatient medical complex, according to a Barnstable Patriot report.

Cone Health, based in Greensboro, N.C., plans to submit a new application to develop an ambulatory surgery center at its MedCenter High Point (N.C.) facility, according to a Business Journal report (subscription required for full access).

The Federal Trade Commission is requiring Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica Health System to divest St. Luke's Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, citing anticompetitive effects of the systems' merger.

Provena United Samaritans Medical Center has made moves to acquire Danville HealthCare, which could benefit area patients in need of complex outpatient surgery, according to a Commercial-News report.

ProMed Alliance, a subsidiary of Peer Review Mediation & Arbitration, a medical services business development company, has announced it has formed an accountable care organization that includes a surgery center.

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.