ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

A healthcare development project will expand the footprint of Franciscan Health's orthopedic surgery center.

Roger Strode, a partner and healthcare business lawyer with Foley & Lardner, has expertise in healthcare mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructurings and joint ventures, as well as industry regulation.

Northeast Ohio Eye Surgeons and its subsidiary Ohio Eye Care Consultants formed a consolidated ophthalmology platform called Midwest Vision Partners, which will be led by CEO Joseph Giles.

Dimension Capital Management bought $635,000 worth of shares in Surgery Partners, according to the Sundance Herald.

PRIVATE EQUITY’S EMERGENCE IN GI

EyeSouth Partners, a private equity-backed management company, has partnered with eyecare practices Eyecare Associates in Metairie, La. and Lanoux & Associates in New Orleans.

Work on Newport News, Va.-based Orthopaedic & Spine Center's new outpatient facility could be complete this fall, the Williamsburg Yorktown Daily reports.

Vestavia Hills, Ala.-based Vestavia Medical Plaza is on track to open in November, the Vestavia Voice reports.

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

The debt backing KKR's $9.9 billion Envision Healthcare buyout has dropped in value amid concerns over government scrutiny of medical billing practices, Financial Times reports.