ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Pittsburgh-based UPMC opened its $19 million outpatient center near Ebensburg, Pa., The Tribune-Democrat reports.

Here are three new joint venture ASCs announced or opened in the past couple months.

Wake Forest Baptist Health-Lexington (N.C.) Medical Center broke ground on its 26,500-square-foot surgical facility June 13, The Dispatch reports.

Five North Carolina-based healthcare organizations are seeking certificates of need from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to build or add operating rooms in state, the Triad Business Journal reports.

The Northeast market is one of many that saw significant ophthalmology investments in 2017, and new platforms will likely enter areas such as Western Pennsylvania and Upstate New York, according to PhysiciansFirst Healthcare Partners.

Warwick, N.Y.-based Eye Physicians of Orange County opened a new office in Warwick, The Warwick Advertiser reports.

American Vision Partners affiliate Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Center in Phoenix partnered with Show Low, Ariz.-based Miles Eye Center to expand vision care services in Show Low and Lakeside, Ariz.

Michelle Davis, president of Healthwise Consultants, discusses the human side of the deal and how physician owners can best prepare emotionally for a sale.

KKR plans to acquire Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare for around $9.9 billion, adding to the global investment firm's portfolio.

On January 12, 2018, former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie signed into law certain amendments to the Healthcare Facilities Planning Act (N.J.S.A. § 26:2H-12) (the “New ASC Law”), which fundamentally change the landscape of physician-operated “surgical practices” in New…