ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Brentwood, Tenn.-based American Physician Partners acquired Houston-based Emergigroup Physician Associates.

DaVita Medical Group affiliate HealthCare Partners acquired Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.-based Coastal Physicians Medical Group.

Here are 10 updates on ASC companies and industry-relevant companies to note:

Anchor Health Properties acquired a medical office property through a joint venture with Greenville (S.C.) Health System and Greenville-based Internal Medicine Associates.

Palos Heights, Ill.-based Palos Health's $80 million campus in Orland Park, Ill., is now open. 

The former Willmar, Minn.-based Carris Surgery Center was renamed Avera Surgery Center Jan. 1, KSFY ABC reports.

Commonwealth Primary Care and Virginia Cardiovascular Specialists opened offices in West Creek Medical Park, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. All facilities are based in Richmond, Va.

Plano, Texas-based Center for Dermatology and Cosmetic Laser Surgery moved into a new office with ancillary dermatology services in Plano.

The Department of Veterans Affairs will open The Gene Taylor Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Springfield, Mo., Jan. 24, the Springfield News-Leader reports.

Here are three surgery centers and hospitals that shut their doors or announced plans to do so in the past six months: