ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

An Alaska surgeon group that had a certificate of need request to build an ambulatory surgery center in Kenai denied by the state has completed and submitted a new CON application for the facility, according to state documents.

Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis has broken ground on a new project that includes an outpatient surgery center, according to a Suburban Journals report.

Trinity Health has opened two new care centers for facial reconstructive surgery and eye surgery in Minot, N.D., according to a Minot Daily News report.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center has announced it will construct a new outpatient surgery center in New York, according to a news release.

The proposed expansion of Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, Calif., may result in a new outpatient surgery center for the hospital, according to a North Country Times report.

Saint Louis University has encountered a setback in its plans for a new $75 million surgical center, after the St. Louis Preservation Board decided to save the main building of the historic Pevely Dairy site, according to a report by…

Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, N.J., has announced that construction will begin on a new surgery center in late spring 2012, according to a hospital news release.

When asked about their primary concern for the ASC industry in 2012, Greg Horner, MD, managing partner of Smithfield Surgical Partners doesn’t miss a beat: "The hospital integration process," he says. "You are probably aware that free-standing medical groups are…

Two physicians who serve the Chicago area are seeking a certificate of need to build a new outpatient surgery center in Palos Hills, Ill., according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.

West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell, Idaho, has announced the Idaho Surgery Center, also in Caldwell, is now a department of the community hospital, according to a hospital news release.