Wheaton (Ill.) Eye Clinic CEO Ruth D. Williams, MD, discussed key considerations for ophthalmologists considering private equity buyouts during Glaucoma Research Foundation's annual meeting, Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 in San Francisco, Ophthalmology Times reports.
ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues
Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth will open its Milford, Del.-based Bayhealth Sussex Campus Feb. 5., the Dover Post reports.
Outpatient imaging giant Los Angeles-based RadNet could acquire Bakersfield, Calif.-based Kern Radiology Medical Group for an unspecified amount, Bakersfield.com reports.
ASC value drivers are similar to those of other outpatient facilities, but surgery centers also possess certain unique drivers, according to QuickRead.
The ophthalmology market has "vast potential" because of its fundamental components, abundance of cash and relative independence from hospitals, according to PhysiciansFirst Healthcare Partners.
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Anchor Health Properties closed an investment in the 89,000-square-foot La Ronde Medical Centre, an outpatient medical center in Sun City, Ariz.
Kapil Moza, MD, opened Centurion Surgical Center, a minimally invasive spine surgery and interventional pain management surgery center, in Agoura Hills, Calif.
Columbus-based OhioHealth opened outpatient care centers in Westerville, Ohio and Pickerington, Ohio, to lower patient costs and increase case volume, The Columbus Dispatch reports.
After reporting a drop in hospital operations revenue in the third quarter of 2018, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. closed the sale of three Chicago-area hospitals to Los Angeles-based Pipeline Health.
Lincoln City (Ore.) Eye Clinic moved to a new office in Lincoln City, Newport News Times reports.