ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, N.Y., recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its minimally invasive women's health surgery center, according to a Register-Star report.

Florida International University and Miami Children's Hospital have partnered to open a 36,000-square-foot pediatric outpatient surgery facility on the FIU campus in Miami, according to a South Florida Business Journal report.

Physicians are the foundation of a strong ambulatory surgery center. Here are 20 statistics on how ASC management and development companies perceive risk factors related to physicians, according to VMG Health's 2011 ValueDriver ASC Survey.  

The Department of Health's Public Health and Health Planning Council has voted to approve University of Rochester Medical Center’s certificate of need application for an ambulatory surgery center in Brockport, N.Y., according to a Rochester Business Journal report.  

Mississippi Representative Mark Barker (R) recently called the certificate of need law outdated, according to a Ya'll Politics report.

Orthopedic Associates plans to open a 9,200-square-foot surgery center in a medical office building in Honolulu, according to a Pacific Business News report.

Here are four new joint venture ambulatory surgery centers and ASC partnerships.

Massac Memorial Hospital and the Orthopedic Institute of Western Kentucky intend to open an outpatient orthopedic and podiatric surgery center in Metropolis, Ill., by the end of the year, according to a WPSD Local report.

Under pressure to contain costs while simultaneously delivering higher-quality care, hospitals and health systems have been consolidating at a feverish pace in recent years.

In 2013, 52 percent of hospitals planned to acquire physician practices according to Jackson Healthcare's Trend Watch: Physician Practice Acquisitions report.