ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Winchester (Mass.) Hospital will hold a grand opening celebration for its new ambulatory surgery center on May 8, according to a Wakefield Patch report.

Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tenn., recently received approval from the Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency to build an ASC at its new Spring Hill facility, according to a Tennessean report.

Health Management Associates has reported a jump in its outpatient business, including knee and spinal implant surgeries that do not require an overnight hospital stay, according to a Naples Daily News report.

A new surgery center in Metairie, La., is likely to open by the end of 2012, according to a The Newsroom report.

The founder and president of Arthrex, a Naples, Fla.-based manufacturer of orthopedic devices, said he is considering building an ambulatory surgery center in Naples, according to a Naples News report.

HCA has announced the appointment of Sylvia Young as president of the company's continental division, where she will oversee 15 surgery centers and dozens of other outpatient centers in Colorado and Wichita, according to a report by The Street.

IRA Realty Capital, a real estate company based in Newport Beach, Calif., has purchased a 92,000-square-foot medical office building that contains The Ophthalmology Surgery Center of Dallas, according to a Citybizlist Dallas report.

Nationwide Children's Hospital in Westerville, Ohio, has opened its first suburban ambulatory surgery center, according to a News-Medical report.

HealthONE, based in Denver, plans to open a new ambulatory surgery center in Thornton, Colo., according to a Denver Post report.

AmSurg Corp. has announced its financial results for the first quarter on 2012, highlighted by a reported increase in net earnings of 35 percent for the quarter, according to a news release.