ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

A new ambulatory surgery center for Athens, Ga., announced last year, is on schedule to open by year's end, according an Athens Banner-Herald report.

State regulators have denied a certificate of need application by Cone Health to add a new ambulatory surgery center to its MedCenter High Point (N.C.) facility, according to a Business Journal report.

Gramercy Surgery Center in New York has purchased a building in Flushing, N.Y., with plans to use it as a second ambulatory surgery center, according to a CoStar Group report.

A public hearing has been scheduled for a proposed surgery center in Lumberton, N.C., according to a Fayettville Observer report.

A new ambulatory surgery center will be included in a new medical complex under development in Riverside, Calif., according to a March HealthCare Development news release (pdf).

Blayne Rush, president of Ambulatory Alliances, shares six thoughts on the future of private equity groups investing in ambulatory surgery centers.

Community Memorial Healthcenter, based in South Hill, Vir., is planning a new surgery center, according to a South Hill Enterprise report.

Surgical Management Professionals, a company with more than 25 years of experience managing and developing ambulatory surgery centers and physician-owned hospitals, recently purchased interest in Ashtabula (Ohio) Surgery Center, according to a release.

A new committee has been formed in North Carolina to examine the state's certificate of need laws, according to a North Carolina Healthcare Report column and a news release from Rep. John Torbett (pdf).

A certificate of need application by Mission Hospital, based in Asheville, N.C., to relocate an endoscopy unit to a new outpatient center has been denied by state regulators, according to an Asheville Citizen-Times report.