ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Silicon Valley may no longer be the hotspot for healthcare investing that it once was; according to PwC | CB Insights' Healthcare MoneyTree Report Q4 2017. Silicon Valley investors closed 24 percent fewer healthcare deals in the fourth quarter than…

Arlington, Va.-based Advantia Health acquired the Women's Health and Surgery Center, which has locations in Stafford, Va. and Fredericksburg, Va. The transaction was announced by Global Healthcare Advisors.

Melville, N.Y.-based A&G Realty Partners developed a healthcare real estate holding division, ABL Advisor reports.

Medscape released its 2018 Medscape Physician Compensation Report examining a variety of compensation-related factors throughout the industry.

Marietta, Ga.-based WellStar Health System opened an outpatient surgery center in Vinings, Ga., April 16, CBS 46 reports.

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

The average physician salary was $299,000 in 2017, according to the Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2018. However, the physician's specialty, geographic location and employment status makes a difference.

With more than 15 strategic partnerships throughout the Southeast, Raleigh, N.C.-based Compass Surgical Partners acquires, manages and develops ASCs, including hospital joint ventures, turnarounds and de novo ambulatory care centers.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. has sold nine hospitals since August, Worcester Business Journal reports. Meanwhile, the company has significantly increased its investment in ambulatory care centers.

The Milwaukee Business Journal developed a list of fastest growing public companies in Wisconsin and Milwaukee-based Physicians Realty Trust took top billing.