ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

The planning board of Franklin Lakes, N.J., asked the developer of a 16,000-square-foot ambulatory surgery center to re-start his application to the board following "tainted" testimony, according to a Franklin Lakes Patch report.

Novant Health recently announced plans to create a 35,000-square-foot, $23 million medical campus with an emergency department, outpatient surgery center and specialty medical offices in Clemmons, N.C., according to a WXII12 report.

Eastern Long Island Hospital in New York is moving forward with plans for a $2 million expansion of its ambulatory surgical unit, following rapid growth in the hospital's number of outpatient surgeries, according to a Suffolk Times report.

NovaMed, an operator of ambulatory surgery centers in partnership with physicians, announced yesterday the completion of its merger with Surgery Center Holdings ("Surgery Partners"), according to a Sun Herald report.

The town council of Cherokee, Ala., voted Tuesday to support the addition of an ambulatory surgery center at Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield, Ala., according to a Times Daily report.

Premium Surgery Center in Sheffield Village, Ohio, will become part of Lorain, Ohio-based Mercy Health System, operating at Mercy Premium Surgery Center while plans are made for a move to the system's new campus, according to a Morning Journal report.

Owners of Buffalo (N.Y.) Ambulatory Surgery Center have filed plans with the New York State Department of Health to renovate the second floor and expand a minor surgery room, according to a Buffalo Business First report.

Military medical leaders broke ground on Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgery Center on April 20 at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio, according to a My San Antonio report.

Greenwich Village, N.Y., residents rallied on Saturday against plans to convert New York City's St. Vincent's Hospital into a condo complex that would include an ambulatory surgery center and emergency department, according to an NY1 report.

Boulder (Colo.) Surgery Center, covering orthopedics, sports medicine and pain management, is co-owned by its physicians and 265-bed Boulder Community Hospital. Pinnacle III manages the center. Most of the 21 affiliated physicians are owners of the center, which has three…