ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Oppenheimer gave HCA stock an "outperform" rating on Thursday, according to Sleek Monkey.

Barnabas Health and Robert Wood Johnson Health System have signed a definitive agreement which outlines the merger that will create one of the largest health systems in the country under the name RWJ Barnabas Health.

TLC Health Network, based in Irving, N.Y., is voicing opposition to a new surgery center project proposed for Hamburg, N.Y., according to a Buffalo Business First report.

A group of physicians have filed a certificate of need application for a new surgery center in Colchester, Ver., according to a Rutland Herald report.

Hospital outpatient departments have traditionally yielded favorable reimbursement, while remaining firmly under a hospital's control. Oftentimes hospitals in the market for ASC acquisitions would buy a center and convert it into an HOPD. But, recently there have been a number…

Baylor children's hospital is closing on Sept. 8 with Baylor Scott & White Health planning to focus solely on outpatient care in the future, according to the Dallas Business Journal.

Company shares of Surgical Care Affiliates retain a positive outlook, despite a 0.28 percent drop during the past week, according to The Daily Rover.

Here are 10 hospitals and health systems opening or expanding ambulatory surgery centers.

The Milo C. Huempfner outpatient clinic at the Green Bay VA clinic can officially have outpatient surgery after being open for a year-and-a-half, reports Fox 11.

Tenet Healthcare plans to report results for its second quarter that ended on June 30, 2015 after market close on August 3, 2015, according to Street Report.