ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Two San Diego medical groups have merged to create Palomar Health Medical Group in Escondido, Calif., Valley News reported Dec. 4.

  Becker's ASC Review reported on four recent ASC acquisitions in November.

An entity affiliated with Avon, Conn.-based ASC operator Constitution Surgery Alliance paid $17.1 million for a 75,000-square-foot office building in Wilton, Conn., a market with high demand for medical services, according to Boston Real Estate Times.

Cookeville (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center is seeking board approval to purchase a full ownership stake in Upper Cumberland Physicians Surgery Center in Cookeville.

Here's how Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and Nashville-based Surgery Partners' shares have fluctuated over the last five days.

Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health formed a joint venture with surgical services company ValueHealth to develop an outpatient surgical network.

Here are eight updates on ASC companies and industry-relevant companies to note: 

Clearwater, Fla.-based Morton Plant Hospital Association purchased a medical office building and vacant land, both located north of the hospital, the Catalyst reported Nov. 25.

GI Alliance expanded into Oklahoma with a new partnership.

Here's how Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and Nashville-based Surgery Partners' shares have fluctuated over the last five days.