7 ASCs making the news this week

The following are seven ambulatory surgery centers that have made the news locally, at the state level or nationally during the past week.

Has your ASC made the news lately? Is there a newsworthy announcement you'd like to share? Email Becker's ASC Review Editor Ellie Rizzo at erizzo@beckershealthcare.com with your ASC's news (or the link to it) to have it included in this roundup.

1. Self-managed healthcare real estate company Physicians Realty Trust acquired the 15,662-square-foot Baylor Surgicare at Mansfield (Texas). The surgery center is a joint venture between United Surgical Partners International, 20 physicians and Baylor Scott & White Healthcare System. The total purchase price was $8.5 million.

2. Meridian Surgical Partners, LLC, a national operator of outpatient ambulatory surgery centers, announced today that it has settled a qui tam lawsuit brought by a former employee at one of its centers, Treasure Coast Surgery Center in Stuart, Fla.

3. Hurley Health Services, based in Swartz Creek, Mich., and Lapeer (Mich.) County Surgery Center entered a new affiliation to form an integrated system of care for the surrounding community.

4. CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Physicians Ambulatory Surgery Center-New Braunfels (Texas) received a 2013/2014 APEX Quality Award for patient satisfaction for the sixth consecutive year.

5. AtlantiCare Surgical Center in Cape May, N.J., acquired a Lens-X femtolaser for performing cataract surgery.

6. Peter Kurzweil, MD, a partner at the Surgery Center of Long Beach (Calif.) coauthored a study on the efficacy of traditional meniscus repairs.

7. Kennedy Health System has proposed a $55 million overhaul of its Kennedy University Hospital campus in Cherry Hill, N.J., including a new surgery center.

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