ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center is opening a $500 million comprehensive care outpatient center, according to Gazette.

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II, based in Tampa, Fla., has acquired the facility housing Baylor Surgery Center at Forth Worth in Texas.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center of Western New York received permission to move its facility to a larger site, according to a Buffalo Business First report.

There can be significant benefits to having a hospital as a partner for a surgery center, as long as the terms of the partnership are beneficial for the surgery center. If the partnership is not beneficial a center may find…

Goldman Sachs analysts raised Surgical Care Affiliates' price target from $46 to $49, according to Intercooler.

The Pediatric Palliative Care Clinic at the Children's Specialty Center of Nevada is opening, serving as the state's first outpatient pediatric palliative care unit, according to Nevada Business.

Robert Zehr, MD, and Kurtis Biggs, DO, partnered with SurgCenter Development to open the Seaside Surgery Center in Naples, Fla., according to a Business Observer report.

ASCs interested in maintaining independence may first want to consider why they desire to maintain autonomy — because partnering may ultimately better serve the community and the surgery center's interests.

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New York-based Hospital for Special Surgery leased a space in White Plans (N.Y.) to open its new outpatient center, according to HospiMedia.com.