ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Physicians Realty Trust has closed $297 million in medical office real estate investments in the third quarter of 2015, according to a Street Insider report.

Ten rating firms gave Surgical Care Affiliates shares a consensus rating of "hold," according to Dakota Financial News.

Aria Health and Jefferson Health, both based in Philadelphia, are discussing a potential merger, according to The Intelligencer.  

At its last trading session, Tenet Healthcare shares traded at $37.25, down 0.01 percent, according to Money Flow Index.

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., is planning a new-six story, $560 million expansion project, according to The Washington Post.

Yesterday, shares of Surgical Care Affiliates traded down 5.9 percent, according to The Market Business.

Here are eight hospitals and health systems opening or expanding ambulatory surgery centers.

Zacks analysts gave AmSurg a ranking of 3, indicting the company has a "hold" rating for the short term, according to Insider Trading Report.

Athens (Ala.)-Limestone Hospital's $35 million surgery center project was temporarily derailed when the County Commission decided to cut funding, but plans for the new facility are back on track, according to The News Courier.

Here are three recent ASC and surgical hospital acquisitions.