ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Osage Beach, Mo.-based Lake Regional Hospital opened the Lake Regional Diagnostic and Surgery Center in Osage Beach as part of the hospital's outpatient services remodel, according to Lake News Online.

A real estate investment trust company purchased a medical office building in Riverview, Fla., for $7.2 million, according to Commercial Property Executive.

Vascular Access Centers (“VACs”) are outpatient facilities that specialize in access maintenance for patients with end stage renal disease (“ESRD”).

Here are eight hospitals and health systems that opened or announced plans for ASCs in June.

Lafayette (Ind.) Pain Center is moving one of its offices, currently in Kokomo, Ind., to a new space with a freestanding ASC in downtown Kokomo, the Kokomo Perspective reports.

After two years waiting for The Green Mountain Care Board's decision, a group of independent physicians received board approval to build a surgery center in Colchester, Vt., according to Burlington Free Press.

Here are six updates on ASC management companies from the past two weeks.

Atlanta Orthopaedic Institute Surgery Center partnered with Practice Partners in Healthcare, a surgical services provider, to develop and manage an ASC.

Gerry Silverstein, a Vermont resident and educator with an interest in health, penned an article in VT Digger citing recent literature showing how independent practices and competition strengthen the healthcare system.

American songwriter and artist Madonna opened a surgery center in Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, according to Yahoo News.