ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are four ASC acquisitions and partnerships announced in July 2018:

Atlanta-based Eye Health America acquired Clinton, S.C.-based Montgomery & Riddle Eyecare and Clinton-based The Surgery & Laser Center at Professional Park.

Dorchester-based University of Maryland Shore Regional Health proposed a new $75 million medical campus in Cambridge, Md., Dorchester Star reports.

Lianne McDowell, CASC, administrator of South Portland Surgical Center in Tualatin, Ore., shares her observations about how the healthcare field is changing and how her center will promote sustained growth over the next few years.

The South became a hot region for ophthalmology investments after two private-equity backed platforms entered the market earlier this year, according to PhysiciansFirst Healthcare Partners.

Athenahealth's second quarter was strong, with the health IT and revenue cycle firm posting revenues of $323.3 million, a 10 percent year-over-year increase

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

Unity Physician Services recently purchased Indianapolis-based PSC Surgical North Indy, according to Pete Oakes, the company's Midwest Region development and operations director.

Progress on Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare's $34 million outpatient medical center is advancing, as the health system prepares for a planned December opening, Naples Daily News reports.

As KKR prepares to acquire Envision Healthcare and Optum continues to grow Surgical Care Affiliates, other large healthcare and ASC chains are taking note. During the 2018 second quarter conference call transcribed in Seeking Alpha, HCA CEO R. Milton Johnson…