ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Charlottesville, Va.-based Anchor Health Properties acquired three medical office buildings and the rights for a fourth in the greater Atlanta metropolitan area.

Hackensack Meridian Health and United Surgical Partners International entered into a joint venture partnership with Vanguard Surgical Center.

Optum has grown considerably in the past two years through acquisitions and has plans for continued growth in the future.

Development firm FoxRock Properties is working with the city of Quincy, Mass., to build a 200,000-square-foot medical office building with an ASC in Quincy, The Patriot Ledger reports.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine will open its $80 million Green Spring Station expansion, including an outpatient surgery center, in September.

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

Morledge Family Eye Clinic & Surgery Center in Billings, Mont. will join Vance Thompson Vision, a network of eyecare practices in South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Nebraska and Minnesota, Jan. 1.

Rushville, Ind.-based Rush Memorial Hospital is moving its surgery center as part of several renovations, the Rushville Republican reports.

Fruita-based Family Health West's Colorado Canyons Hospital and Medical Center opened a new medical center also in Fruita, which houses an outpatient procedure center, The Daily Sentinel reports.

Here are five joint venture ASCs opened or announced in August: