ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Northwest Medical Center of Albany (Mo.) plans to break ground on renovations this week, KTTN reports. Here are five insights:

Construction officially began on the $1.3 million, 3,800-square-foot Papagallo Oral Surgery Center in Wichita, Kan., the Wichita Business Journal reports.

Odyssey Real Estate Capital recently sold Parkway Medical Plaza in Las Vegas to an unspecified buyer, Nevada Business reports.

Missoula, Mont. residents Ryan Peterson and Clay Holley are seeking a special use permit to build an ophthalmology clinic and ASC in Butte, Mont., according to Montana Standard. Here are three insights:

HHS Secretary Alex Azar testified in front of the House Ways and Means Committee about the effects of the Bipartisan Budget Act on healthcare.

Here are five new joint venture ASCs announced or opened in the past couple months.

MedEquities Realty Trust will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.21 per share to shareholders of record Feb. 19, The Lincolnian reports.

Laconia, N.H.-based LRGHealthcare will close several locations and end certain medical services after facing long-term financial difficulties, according to the Laconia Daily Sun. Here are six insights:

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services conditionally approved UNC Orthopedics at Goldsboro's (N.C.) certificate of need application to open a diagnostic center inside the group's existing practice.

Here are six updates on ASC management companies to note: