ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Rome, N.Y.-based Griffis Surgery Center filed a certificate of need to add two operating rooms, according to Rome Sentinel.

ValuEngine lowered its rating on Surgery Partners' shares from a "hold" to a "sell," according to The Ledger Gazette.

HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital in Breese, Ill., announced its $9.4 million outpatient surgery center expansion was completed Nov. 9, The Messenger reports.

Los Angeles-based Doheny Eye Institute acquired a new office building in Pasadena, Calif., that will serve as its headquarters, according to the Los Angeles Business Journal. 

Here are four updates on ASC management companies.

National Bank Financial reduced its target price on Medical Facilities Corp. shares from $15 to $13, according to Stock News Times.

Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services is negotiating with Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health to purchase Walla Walla (Wash.) General Hospital, according to Union-Bulletin.

Kernersville (N.C.) Endoscopy Center submitted a certificate-of-need application to shift two endoscopy rooms from its Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Piedmont Endoscopy Center to a proposed ASC in Kernersville, Triad Business Journal reports.

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare and Avon, Conn.-based Constitution Surgery Alliance opened the Constitution Surgery Center East in Waterford, Conn., Nov. 16.

Here are four gastroenterology-focused ASCs or facilities that were newly announced or opened in October.