ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Advisory Board Co. activist investor Elliott Associates LP reported the company's stock was "significantly undervalued" earlier this year and now the company reports it will "explore strategic alternatives," according to Reuters.

Here are five updates on ASC management companies from the past week.

Jefferies Group lowered Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp.'s price target to $28, according to Community Financial News.

SurgCenter of St. Lucie (Fla.) started seeing patients on Jan. 27, 2017.

Here are two recent ASC acquisitions and partnerships.

Twelve research firms issued Nashville, Tenn.-based AmSurg shares a "buy" rating, according to the Daily Quint.

Here are nine ASCs that opened or broke ground over the past month or so.

Analysts rated Nashville, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners a "buy," according to The De Soto Edge.

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System faced off against Woodruff, Wis.-based Ministry Howard Young Medical Center during a planning commission over Marshfield's plans to build a new facility in Minocqua, Wis., according to WXPR.

Thirty-seven states have certificate of need legislation in some capacity. The National Conference of State Legislatures listed the status of CON in all states as of Aug. 25, 2016.