ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Columbus-based Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center selected a second location for a network of outpatient complexes with ASCs and medical offices, Columbus Business First reports.

Eric Yetter of PhysiciansFirst Healthcare Partners penned a blog on the market for physician-owned ASCs, offering tips on maximizing value and ensuring a steady income stream well into retirement.

New Lenox, Ill.-based Silver Cross Hospital opened a freestanding ASC in New Lenox through a joint venture with independent physicians and Addison, Texas-based United Surgical Partners International, The Herald-News reports.

Here are 24 new ASCs that opened or were announced over the past month.

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

Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care sold ownership in two joint venture ASCs for around $7 million, according to a BizTimes report.

Here are six ASC acquisitions and partnerships announced in May 2018.

Conway (S.C.) Ophthalmology Associates' Charles Proctor, MD, is constructing a new surgery center and office building across the street from his practice, Horry News reports.

Buffalo Business First reports Buffalo, N.Y.-based WNY Medical Management's multispecialty ASC project in Amherst, N.Y., will likely be approved.

Alfonso del Granado, administrator of Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based Ashton Center for Day Surgery, sees the erosion of independent practitioners as the biggest issue for his center today. However, he's taking steps to find new and innovative ways to attract patients…