ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

The North Carolina Court of Appeals will determine whether Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, based in Winston-Salem, N.C., is allowed to build a new $38.7 million ambulatory surgery center, according to a Business Journal report (subscription required for full access).

A new outpatient surgery center has opened in Columbus, Ga., according to a Ledger-Enquirer report.

Shriners Hospital for Children in St. Louis said it will build an outpatient orthopedic surgery center instead of the seven-story, 40-bed acute care hospital originally planned for Central West End, according to a St. Louis Today report.

The development of a new surgery center in Buffalo, N.Y., is expected to receive approval from state officials this week, according to a Buffalo Business First report.

A new dermatology and skin surgery center is coming to Fredericksburg, Vir., according to a Fredericksburg.com report.

An Alaska surgeon group that had a certificate of need request to build an ambulatory surgery center in Kenai denied by the state is still hoping to build the facility, according to a Radio Kenai report.

Florida Hospital Medical Group, an affiliate of Florida Hospital, has agreed acquire an Orlando outpatient surgery center as part of its acquisition of an Orland-based urology group, according to an Orlando Business Journal report.

Poudre Valley Health System, based in Fort Collins, Colo., has announced plans to build an emergency room and same-day surgery center in Greeley, according to a Greeley Tribune report.

A new surgery center under development by Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston, Iowa, is scheduled to open in spring 2012, according to a hospital news release.

Mercy Health in Cincinnati, Ohio, will acquire the Surgery Center of Cincinnati and convert it into the Mercy Health – Eastgate Medical Center, according to a FOX 19 report.