ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

A group of physicians is opening a new ambulatory surgery center called Westside GI on Manhattan's far West Side, according to a Crain's New York report.

A new ambulatory surgery center for Olympia (Wash.) Orthopaedic Associates is scheduled for completion in August, according to a The Olympian report.

A proposal by Duke LifePoint Healthcare, based in Brentwood, Tenn., to acquire Marquette (Mich.) General Health System includes plans to develop a new ambulatory surgery center for Marquette General, according to a news release.

Baylor College of Medicine in Houston will open an outpatient center at a facility it once planned to open as a hospital, according to a Houston Chronicle report.

West Morris Surgery Center in Succasunna, N.J., recently opened as a project of several physicians, according to a New Jersey Hills report.

San Joaquin Community Hospital, an Adventist Health facility based in Bakersfield, Calif., has broken ground on a new cancer center in Bakersfield that will include an outpatient surgery center, according to a KERO 23 report.

A new ambulatory surgery center on the Indiana University Health Saxony campus in Indianapolis has opened, according to a Birmingham News report.

Ahmed Kemmou, MD, a general surgeon in Yuma, Ariz., will start performing procedures at Tuscany Surgical Center once the facility receives a state license, according to a Yuma Sun report.

Wyoming Medical Center officials have announced they will proceed with a $40 million expansion and renovation, which will include an orthopedic and spine surgery center, according to a Wyoming Business Report article.

United Surgical Partners International has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2011, with revenues for the quarter of $162.0 million, an increase of 5 percent over the third quarter of 2011, according to a USPI…