ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Cleveland, Ohio-based KeyCorp raised its fiscal year 2016 earnings-per-share estimate for Nashville, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners' shares, according to The Cerbat Gem.

The New Lenox (Ill.) Village Board gave Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox approval to build its ASC, according to The Herald News.

Peter Wilver, director of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp., bought 5,000 company shares, according to Community Financial News.

Here are six updates on ASC management companies to note.

Here are seven new joint venture ASCs announced or opened in the past few months.

Monterey (Calif.) Peninsula Surgery Centers, a network of outpatient surgery organizations, opened Minimus Institute in Monterey, according to Yahoo Finance!.

Surgical Care Affiliates, based in Deerfield, Ill., formed a partnership with Surgical Center of Connecticut in Bridgeport.

Deerfield, Ill.-based Surgical Care Affiliates partnered with Norwich, Conn.-based River Valley Ambulatory Surgery Center.

Here are seven hospitals and health systems that have announced plans for ASCs.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. named Octavio Diaz, MD, chief medical officer.