ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Medical Facilities Corp. declared a new monthly dividend last week.

Martinsburg, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center held a ribbon cutting for a new outpatient surgery center last week, according to The Journal.

Middletown, N.Y.-based Crystal Run Healthcare is expected to finalize a merger with Bronx, N.Y.-based Montefiore Medical Center, but seven physician owners have refused to accept the terms of the agreement and filed two lawsuits against the medical group, according to…

Physicians Realty Trust announced it would pay its common stock shareholders a $0.23 dividend per share for the quarter ending Dec. 31.

Rochester, N.H.-based Frisbie Memorial Hospital plans to close Skyhaven Surgery Center, also in Rochester, with its last day of operation being Dec. 22, according to Foster's Daily Democrat.

The $50 million outpatient joint venture between Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health and Holland (Mich.) Hospital is on pace to open in March 2018, MLive reports.

EmCare, an Envision Healthcare company, paid $33 million to resolve alleged illegal remuneration in exchange for hospital referrals to Healthcare Management Association, which no longer exists.

The New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services approved surgery center developer Yan Moshe's request to purchase Secaucus, N.J.-based Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center, northjersey.com reports.

Here are eight gastroenterology-focused ASCs or facilities that were newly announced or opened in November.

Here are 54 surgery center partnerships, acquisitions and new joint ventures over the past 12 months.