ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Flagstaff-based Northern Arizona Healthcare opened its NAH Medical Imaging Center Nov. 5, journalaz.com reports.

Ambulatory healthcare software developer NextGen Healthcare is acquiring Medfusion, a patient experience platform, for $43 million in cash. The acquisition is expected to close in early December, subject to closing conditions.

UPMC and the Institute of Eye Surgery partnered to acquire Clane General Hospital in Kildare, Ireland, laying the foundation of what will soon be a national Ophthalmology Network of Excellence, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Four companies that run ASCs recently released financial results for the third quarter.

A report in Medical Economics explored private equity investment in healthcare, finding that the investment isn't likely to stop.

San Antonio-based Methodist Healthcare plans to soon build a medical campus with an ASC, physician offices and an acute care hospital, San Antonio Express-News reports.

Here are 10 updates on ASC companies and industry-relevant companies to note:

Memorial Hospital in Gulfport, Miss., has expanded rapidly over the last several months, including The Surgery Center at Cedar Lake in Biloxi, Miss., among its multiple transactions, the SunHerald reports.

Cleveland-based VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System will break ground on its new outpatient clinic in Youngstown, Ohio, Nov. 13, local CBS affiliate WKBN reports.

Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont, Minn., plans to eliminate six positions as it restructures its surgical services, the organization announced in a press release obtained by the Fairmont Sentinel.