ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center is seeking approval for an 11-story, 530,000-square-foot outpatient care center in Chicago.

Salisbury, Md.-based Peninsula Regional Medical Center is building an endoscopy center to offer Ocean Pines residents more care options, 47 ABC reports.

For the second quarter of 2018, United Surgical Partners International reported strong net operating revenues at $531 million, a 12.5 percent increase from the same period last year.

Pensacola, Fla.-based Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate acquired a 21-property healthcare portfolio for $150 million, Rebusiness Online reported.

Jumpstart Capital made a Series A investment in ASC EHR and practice management software developer SimplifyASC.

Dallas-based Platinum Dermatology expanded its Arizona network by adding Paradise Valley, Ariz.-based Van Dyke Aesthetics.

Coldwater, Mich.-based Sussex Vision Center, a multi-site optometry practice, partnered with Blue Sky Vision.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System won't appeal its denied request for a $9.8 million surgery center and radiation oncology services in North Georgia, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reports.

Sandy Springs, Ga.-based Northside Hospital filed a letter of intent to shift outpatient surgery services to its new building in Midtown, Ga., Atlanta Business Chronicle reports.

WalletHub released its 2018 Best & Worst States for Health Care study, analyzing several relevant metrics to determine which states had the best healthcare systems.