ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Hackensack Meridian Health Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, N.J., opened a Digestive Care Center inside its ASC, TapInto reports.

Cognizant will acquire Bolder Healthcare Solutions, a revenue cycle management provider, Healthcare IT News reports. 

Nobilis Health reported $299.7 million for 2017 revenue, a 4.9 percent increase over 2016. However, natural disasters and tax reform set the company back in the fourth quarter.

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health will open physician hubs in seven locations in the northern part of the state, NJBiz reports.

Private equity firm Palamon Capital Partners sold its stake in Furth, Germany-based ophthalmology group Ober Scharrer for 3.6 times its initial investment, Private Equity News reports.

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Oregon House Bill 4020 was unanimously passed on March 12, which will allow extended stay recovery centers in the state.

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The final steel beam of W.W. Hastings' 469,000-square-foot outpatient health facility in Tahlequah, Okla., was put in place March 9, the Muskogee Phoenix reports.

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