ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

The Hospital Authority of Tift County will break ground on a replacement facility for Adel, Ga.-based Cook Medical Center, which'll include an outpatient surgery center, in March, the Tifton Gazette reports.

Surgical Care Affiliates, an Optum company, made an equity investment in a Portland, Ore.-based ASC in partnership with Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services.

Here are five updates on ASC management companies from the past week.

Medical Facilities Corp. will pay a cash dividend of $0.07 (CDN $0.09) to shareholders of record Feb. 15.

Parole, Md.-based Chesapeake Eye Care Co. established One Vision Eye Partners, a medical and surgical ophthalmology division in the Mid-Atlantic U.S.

A new ophthalmology clinic opened at the student-run University of Kentucky College of Medicine Salvation Army Clinic in Lexington.

Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina is opening a new location in a shopping mall, which will include an ASC, according to Charleston Business.

Gainesville, Texas-based North Texas Medical Center is partnering with a local physician to operate a surgical facility, according to the Gainesville Register.

Pueblo, Colo.-based Parkview Medical Center opened a new outpatient center, according to The Pueblo Chieftain.

Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health purchased the property of Asheville Surgery Center in 2016 from physician owners and recently sold the property to investors, according to a report from Citizen Times.