ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Lafayette (La.) General Medical Center began a $52.5 million expansion project two years ago. Now, the hospital has opened its new ambulatory surgery center and emergency department, according to an ABiz report.

Rex Healthcare recently inked a deal that will change a hospital-based surgery facility in Wakefield, N.C., into an ambulatory surgery center, reports Triangle Business Journal.

Hays (Kan.) Medical Center and Centura Health, based in Garden City, Kan., have finalized their agreement to co-own St. Rose Ambulatory & Surgical Center in Great Bend, Kan., according to a gb tribune report.  

Here are eight statistics on orthopedics-driven ambulatory surgery center case volume, based on the VMG Health Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker.

Physicians Realty Trust, a self-managed healthcare properties REIT, closed $81.7 million of medical facility investments in November and December 2014.

Hospital for Special Surgery in New York plans to open a $12.6 million outpatient facility in Stamford, Conn., according to a Stamford Patch report.

Freestanding ambulatory surgery centers still operate in today's industry, but joint venture partnerships are proliferating. Standalone centers are seeking larger partners and hospitals are finding joint venture ASCs useful vehicles for physician alignment. Here are 24 joint venture ASC partnerships…

AtlantiCare, an Atlantic City, N.J.-based healthcare organization, has opened its third outpatient surgery center, according to a NJBIZ report.

Here are eight hospitals that announced or opened ambulatory surgery centers within the past month.

Laser Spine Institute opened a new ambulatory surgery center in Creve Coeur, Missouri.