In December, Sioux City, Iowa-based Pierce Street Same Day Surgery filed a lawsuit against physician owners to enforce a non-compete clause and prevent them from constructing a new center within four miles of the existing ASC; now the physicians have…
ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues
Throughout 2017 there were numerous changes in the healthcare industry, with large events such as the inauguration of a new president and significant shift in political control and Hurricanes Harvey and Irma impacting the industry.
Midlands Hospital in Papillion, Neb., is in the midst of pivoting its focus away from being a full-service hospital, and it's doing so by embracing ASCs, Live Well Nebraska reports.
Chicago-based Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Midwestern Regional Medical Center opened an outpatient care center, also in Chicago.
Wilmington Surgery Center, Wilmington ASC, New Hanover Surgical Center and OWP4 and New Hanover Regional are competing for certificate of need approval from the North Carolina Department of Health, WilmingtonBiz reports. All organizations are based in Wilmington, N.C.
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Oppenheimer issued a new reported on Envision Healthcare, predicting first quarter 2018 earnings of $0.51 per share, Stock News Times reports.
Tidelands Georgetown (Mass.) Memorial Hospital's soon-to-open surgery center will be named after the late Tom and Jean Yawkey after the Yawkey foundation donated $10 million to the hospital, South Strand News reports.
ECRI Institute released the 2018 Top 10 Hospital C-Suite Watch List trends, predicting that microhospitals will be a fast growing sector in the future.
The Mississippi House Medicaid Committee failed to pass a bill out of committee that would've eliminated the state's certificate of need laws for ASCs and outpatient surgery centers, the Daily Journal reports.
An oversight by the Walla Walla City Council leaves the fate of the Walla Walla General Hospital conversion project completely to the Washington State Department of Health, the Union Bulletin reports. All organizations are based in Walla Walla, Wash.