ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Duke Realty has acquired the property for Christus Santa Rosa's Physicians Ambulatory Surgery Center and Imaging Center in New Braunfels, Texas, according to a San Antonio Business Journal report.

Huntsville Hospital and Capella Healthcare of Franklin, Tenn., jointly announced they have tentatively agreed for Huntsville Hospital to purchase the assets of Hartselle Medical Center, which could eventually be converted to an outpatient facility, according to a Madison County Record…

Covenant Health completed a $90 million expansion on Fort Sanders Regional last year, which has since been partially leased out to six physician practices and an outpatient surgery center, according to a Knoxville News Sentinel report.

Here are reports on 20 new surgery centers that were opened, announced or broke ground in January. Note: Clicking a link will open the report in a new tab.

Kalispell (Mont.) Regional Medical Center is scheduled to complete construction soon on a new surgery center — a $42 million, three story project that will replace the hospital's current surgical suite, according to a KAJ18 report.

Bienville Orthopaedic Specialists in Gautier, Miss., plan to build a medical complex that will include a surgery center, according to a Mississippi Press report.

James P. Alexander, president and CEO of Howard Regional Health System in Kokomo, Ind., and Bryan Mills, president and CEO of Community Health Network, have announced a formal affiliation between the two organizations, according to a CHN release.

An application for a certificate of need to build a new ambulatory surgery center in Bayside, N.Y., has been approved despite objection from Flushing (N.Y.) Hospital, according to a Crain's New York report.

WakeMed Health & Hospitals' patient revenue increased by 8 percent to nearly $1 billion in 2011, driven in part by a full year of operation of the system's Blue Ridge Surgery Center in Raleigh, N.C., according to a Triangle Business…

Candescent Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, has announced it has acquired Koch Eye Associates, an eye care services provider in Rhode Island, according to a Candescent Partners news release.