ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Lens-marker STAAR Surgical Co. partnered with Los Angeles-based California Center for Refractive Surgery to advance STAAR's Visian ICL product line.

The Advocate Outpatient Center in Niles, Ill., moved down the street to Skokie, Ill., after spending 30 years at its former address, the Daily Herald reports.

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

  Private equity firm FFL Partners has sold EyeCare Partners, a network of over 500 optometrists and 85 ophthalmologists practicing in 13 states.

Three key insights to know:

An ASC and other specialty services, including gastroenterology, may be a part of UC San Francisco Medical Center and Washington Hospital's plans to expand outpatient services in Fremont, Calif., the East Bay Times reports.

Here are four joint-venture ASCs opened or announced in November:

Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island acquired East Hanover, N.J.-based EyeCare 20/20, the first New Jersey practice to join the platform.

St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark., opened an inpatient and outpatient surgical tower with an intensive care unit Dec. 10, TB&P reports.

The Atlantic Health System has partnered with the Hunterdon Healthcare System to expand services in Somerset County, N.J., New Jersey Business reports.