ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Raymond James analysts lowered Tenet Healthcare's price target from $45 to $40, according to MidSouth News.

Here are 16 hospitals and health systems opening or expanding ambulatory surgery centers.

Alliance HealthCare Services entered into a joint venture partnership with PRC Associates, an interventional pain management services provider in Florida.

Dermatology Associates and Surgery Center in Charleston, W.Va., opened in August, according to a Herald-Mail Media.

Here are four recent ASC and surgical hospital acquisitions.

A Niagara Falls, N.Y.-based ophthalmology practice has opened its new location, according to a Niagara Gazette report.

BayCare Clinic in Wisconsin is planning to open a new plastic surgery center, according to a Green Bay Press Gazette report.

Boulder City (Nev.) Hospital ran into financial troubles beginning in 2007, and while working to reach financial viability, the hospital closed its surgery center. But now, the surgery center is once again open, according to a Boulder City Review report. 

Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute, Kan., has broken ground on a $12.25 million project that includes a new obstetrics department and surgery center, according to The Chanute Tribune. 

When the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, the United States was spending more on healthcare as a percentage of gross domestic product than any other industrialized country, yet the life expectancy was below average among the developed world. The…