ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are 15 private equity deals that have closed in the gastroenterology, ophthalmology, orthopedics and spine industries:

Optum reported a revenue and earnings increase for the third quarter, which ended on Sept. 30.

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

Florida Specialty Surgery Center opened an additional operating room, according to Abha Shah, BSN, RN, the ASC's clinical director.

The building housing Coastal Orthopedics Group's Bradenton, Fla.-based surgery center sold for $3.6 million, SRQ reports.

Baton Rouge, La.-based Williamson Eye Center and Baton Rouge General Medical Center partnered to open a practice next to the hospital.

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Kremer Eye Center opened a new practice in Iselin, N.J., StreetInsider.com reports.

The state approved Baton Rouge (La.) General Medical Center's outpatient surgery center project, according to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report.

Show Low, Ariz.-based Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center cut the ribbon on its more than $80 million outpatient expansion Oct. 5, The White Mountain Independent reports.

Green Bay, Wis.-based Aurora BayCare will open its 72,000-square-foot outpatient clinic, surgery center and urgent care facility in Kaukauna, Wis., local CBS affiliate Local 5 reports.