ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are five recent ambulatory surgery center acquisition agreements and facility moves.

Community Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo., will soon open its Canyon View Surgery Center at the Canyon View Medical Plaza, according to a News Channel 5 report.

This week, the South Carolina Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments for and against the state's certificate of need program, according to a WLTX19 report.

How does financial and operational risk affect ambulatory surgery center valuation? Here are 25 statistics on how ASC management and development companies perceive financial history and potential in relation to ASC value, according to VMG Health's 2011 ValueDriver ASC Survey.

Here are five ambulatory surgery centers that are being planned, expanded or recently opened.     

The Surgery Center of Southern Oregon in Medford has announced plans for a 1,081-square-foot expansion of its existing building and plans to add a 12,396-square-foot facility north of its current location, according to a Mail Tribune report.

Physicians Realty Trust, a self-managed healthcare properties real estate investment trust, has acquired Peachtree Dunwoody Medical Center in Atlanta, Ga., for $36.6 million, according to a heraldonline.com report.  

The state Department of Community Health issued Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga., a certificate of need for an ambulatory surgery center, but Northside Hospital in Atlanta challenged the decision, according to a report by The Daily Report.

An expansion of the Veterans Affairs Clinic in Billings, Mont., will include a new outpatient surgery center, according to a Billings Gazette report.

Physicians Realty Trust, a self-managed healthcare real estate company, has announced its 2013 fourth quarter financial results.