ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Plans for WellStar Health System, based in Marieta, Ga., to build a new ambulatory surgery center in Cobb, Ga., are being challenged by Atlanta-based Northside Hospital, according to a report from The Marietta Daily Journal.

San Joaquin Community Hospital, an Adventist Health facility based in Bakersfield, Calif., has announced it is building an outpatient surgery center as part of a new cancer center in Bakersfield.

A new outpatient surgery center for Maricopa, Ariz., is included in plans for a facility set to break ground in July by the East Valley Banner Medical Group, according to a report from InMaricopa.

An application for a new surgery center in Eatontown, N.J., to be built in Eatontown Industrial Park is under review by the Eatontown Planning Board, according to a report from the Eatontown-Tinton Falls Patch.

University of Virginia Children's Hospital in Charlottesville has begun construction on the Battle Building, a $141.5 million facility that will house an expanded outpatient surgery center for patients of all ages, according to a Daily Progress report.

Albert Domingo, MD, and his Canton, Ohio-based OB/GYN practice plan to transform the former Army Reserve armory in Canton into an ambulatory surgery center, according to a Canton Rep report.

Swedish Covenant Hospital has broken ground on a new ambulatory surgery center and medical office building on the hospital's Chicago medical campus, according to a report from the Lincolnwood Review, a Chicago Sun-Times publication.

Sutter Health, based in Sacramento, Calif., is set to break ground on a new ambulatory surgery center in Elk Grove, Calif., according to a report from Glenbrooke News.

A new ambulatory surgery center is included in a 20,000-square-foot building which recently broke ground in Helena, Mont., according to a report from the Independent Record.

North Oaks Surgery Center in Hammond, La., part of North Oaks Health System, has reopened following renovations, according to a news release from the health system.