ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Mont., plans to build a new medical office building on a newly cleared property, and according to the Ravalli Republic, conceptual plans also include a four-story ambulatory care center.

SurgCenter Development and a group of physicians are building a new joint venture surgery center in Athens, Ohio, according to a report from The Athens News.

Surgery Center South in Dothan, Ala., has filed a certificate of need for an expansion project, according to a mondaq report.

Here are 15 hospitals and health systems that have opened or are announced plans to open ambulatory surgery centers within the past month.

HCA Midwest Health, based in Kansas City, Mo., will open its SurgiCenter of Kansas City in a larger location on June 23, according to a Kansas City Business Journal report.

A research report released last Tuesday to investors stated Quality Systems had its price target lowered by Topeka Capital Markets.

In a recent report, Jefferies Group gave a "buy" rating to AmSurg, the owner and operator of short stay ambulatory surgery centers in the United States.

McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, S.C., is planning a number of renovations to its campus, according to an scnow.com report.

Franklin Square Capital Partners, the largest manager of business development companies, is providing National Surgical Healthcare a $52.5 million second lien loan, according to MarketWatch.

Metro Health, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., is planning a joint venture with Community Health Systems, based in Franklin, Tenn., and the proposed transaction would affect a number of the health system's facilities, according to a MiBiz report.