ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Eight financial analysts have given AmSurg stock an $83.63 price target for the short term, according to an OTC Outlook report.  

The Alabama Certificate of Need Board has approved Athens (Ala.)-Limestone Hospital’s application for a $30 million surgery center, according to an al.com report. 

Cleveland Clinic has expanded its ophthalmology footprint.

Moody's Investors Service has commented on Surgery Partners' initial public offering filing.

The Orthopedic Associates of Wisconsin is in the process of constructing a new facility that will consolidate its clinic and surgery center in Waukesha, according to a Lake Country Now report.  

Surgery Partners' announced plans to file for an initial public offering in May. Now, the ASC company has filed for its IPO, according to a Reuters report.

Tenet Healthcare recently received a "B" credit rating from Morningstar analysts, according to Dakota Financial News.

Earlier this year, Sweetwater County Commissioners denied Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County approval of a $43 million revenue bond for a new surgery center, according to a Green River Star report.

Medical Facilities Corp. has posted its quarterly earnings, reporting $0.20 earnings per share, according to a Sleek Money report.

For most ambulatory surgery centers, there are numerous business, operational and inter-personal considerations involved with identifying appropriate physician partners and selling shares to such partners. Additionally, there are a variety of key legal concepts that any ASC should also keep…