ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Sutter Health Plus added Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Dignity Health Dominican Hospital to its network, effective Jan. 1, TPG Online Daily reports.

Six recent ASC acquisitions, sales:

Three recent health system, ASC partnerships:

Augusta (Ga.) University Health acquired a 67 percent stake in the freestanding Surgery Center of Columbia County in Evans, Ga., in October, the Augusta Chronicle reports.

Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System signed a letter of intent to acquire Washington Court House, Ohio-based Fayette County Memorial Hospital and its associated assets, The Times-Gazette reports.

Physician medical group merger and acquisition activity fell 45 percent in the fourth quarter, the lowest of the previous four quarters, a report from HealthCareMandA.com reports.

Flagship Healthcare Properties acquired the class A medical office building housing OrthoCarolina and Frye Surgery Center in Hickory, N.C., in December.

ASC manager Regent Surgical Health and the Center for Specialized Surgery in Ft. Myers, Fla., have entered into a partnership with Lee Health, a Florida health system with over 100 locations.

The RMR Group executed seven new and renewal leases last year at an eight-story medical office and retail building in Washington, D.C., the holding company announced Jan. 21.

Medical Facilities Corp. sold Central Arkansas Surgical Center, which it had acquired through a joint venture with Leawood, Kan.-based NueHealth.