ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Some physician-owners of surgery centers wonder: Why do some centers command values well above other similar centers? How can I maximize the value of my center?

Here are 11 hospitals and health systems that opened or announced plans for ASCs in January.

Roslyn, N.Y.-based St. Francis Hospital of Catholic Health Services of Long Island partnered with Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health to open the East Hills (N.Y.) Surgery Center. Here are six things to know:

Duncansville, Pa.-based East Freedom Surgical Associates received a $350,000, 5-year loan to purchase equipment for a new ASC, the  Altoona Mirror reports.

Kaiser Permanente in Redwood City, Calif. received approval to condense four outpatient and three administrative facilities into a four-story, 197,800-square-foot building on its Redwood City campus, The Mercury News reports.

CCSC Holdings, a First Choice Healthcare Solutions' subsidiary, acquired an additional 25 percent of Melbourne, Fla.-based Crane Creek Surgery Center, increasing its total ownership interest to 65 percent.

A group of independent physicians are opening a new two-story surgery center in Center Township, Pa., The Times reports.

Nobilis Health broadened its market reach through a new ASC in Dallas.

Construction is nearing completion on a three-story, 50,000-square-foot medical office building in Plano, Texas, and United Surgical Partners International will serve as the anchor tenant, Dallas Business Journal reports.

Here are 15 new ASCs and outpatient surgery centers that were announced or opened over the past month.