ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

The best specialties and procedures for ambulatory surgery centers in the future will be the traditionally inpatient cases leaving the hospital for an outpatient setting. Orthopedic total joint replacements, spinal surgeries and bariatric surgery are a few examples. Minimally invasive…

St. Vincent's Health System, based in Birmingham, Ala., has completed a $15.6 million expansion project at its One Nineteen campus, according to a Birmingham Business Journal report.

As the trend moves toward hospital alignment and joint ventures, physicians and ASCs may be faced with complicated partnership proposals.

Analysts gave AmSurg shares an overall rating of 1.3, according to Springfield Bulletin.

Joint Implant Surgeons in Athens, Ohio, performed one of the first complete outpatient knee surgeries at its new outpatient surgery center, according to The Athens Messenger.  

Union (N.J.) County Surgery Center submitted form D equity financing, according to an OCTA Finance report.

Surgical Care Affiliates reported a revenue increase in the third quarter of 2015.

Nicklaus Children's Hospital has inaugurated its new pediatric ASC, the first of its kind in the region, according to a Miami Herald report.

Surgical Care Affiliates CEO Andrew P. Hayek sold 10,101 shares of the company's stock in a recent transaction, according to a Dakota Financial News report.

On Dec. 1, Tenet Healthcare shares traded at $34.67, up nearly 4.5 percent, according to equities.com.