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41 TRANSACTIONS Ophthalmology MSO partners with 5-physician ASC By Claire Wallace Unifeye Vision Partners added Fargo, N.D.-based Northern Plains Surgery Center to its network. The addition marks the management service organization's fifth practice in the Upper Midwest and the 13th partnership, UVP said in an Oct. 4 news release. Northern Plains Surgery Center was founded by Steven Bagan, MD, and Lance Bergstrom, MD, in 1999. The duo and three more physicians will remain active partners in the ASC with UVP having majority ownership. UVP is backed by private equity firm Waud Capital Partners. It has a network of 38 clinic locations and nine ASCs. n $1.7B for the most expensive ASC projects in Q3 By Patsy Newitt Here are the seven most expensive ASC projects in the third quarter of 2022, totaling $1.7 billion: 1. Mission Viejo, Calif.-based Providence Mission Hospital is building a multispecialty ASC as part of a $712 million expansion project. 2. The University of Illinois Chicago cut the ribbon on a $194 million project that features an ASC. 3. The Austin-based University of Texas System Board of Regents approved a $145.7 million cancer and surgery center at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's McAllen Academic Medical Campus. 4. University Medical Center of El Paso is proposing a $345.7 million expansion project that would create a new ASC and increase capacity at its medical center, children's hospital and cancer institute. 5. New York City-based Cohen Children's Medical Center opened its $110 million Pediatric Surgical Operating Complex. 6. A $100 million project in Lancaster, Pa., will include a three-story medical office building. Lancaster General Health, part of Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine, and developer Hankin Group will develop the medical office building through a partnership. 7. The University of Chicago Medicine is breaking ground on an $86 million Crown Point, Ind., project that will be the system's largest off-site facility. The 130,000-square-foot outpatient center and microhospital will include an ASC. It will offer services including an emergency department, cancer center, imaging center, lab services and medical offices. n $50M outpatient facility breaks ground in South Carolina By Alan Condon Roper St. Francis Healthcare has broken ground on a 40,000-square- foot, two-story outpatient facility in Summerville, S.C. The $50 million center, expected to open by 2025, will offer a variety of outpatient services, including orthopedics, cardiology, women's services and multidisciplinary specialists, according to The Post and Courier. e outpatient facility is expected to complement the health system's nearby urgent care facility and its 50-bed Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital in Goose Creek, S.C. "Roper St. Francis Healthcare is determined to provide residents in and around Summerville with a wide variety of services to keep them healthy and thriving while being convenient to their homes and workplaces," Dr. Jeffrey DiLisi, president and CEO of Roper St. Francis Healthcare, said in an Oct. 14 news release. "ree years ago, we opened a new hospital down the road and have steadily added healthcare services because the residents of Summerville want our high-quality, compassionate care that's easy to access." n