ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

CNL Healthcare Properties has acquired the Lee Hughes Medical Building in Glendale, Calif., which houses the Adventist Health ambulatory surgery center.

Remaining viable as an independent ambulatory surgery center can be difficult in today's healthcare economy. The following are five factors affecting the ability of independent centers to survive:

Here are seven recent ambulatory surgery center and ASC real estate acquisitions that have recently been announced or closed.

Pittsburg, Kan.-based Via Christi Hospital has dedicated its new ambulatory surgery center, according to a report from Four States.

Beloit (Wis.) Health System has postponed its hearing with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board over its proposed ambulatory surgery center expansion project in Illinois, according to a report from the Beloit Daily News.

Surgical Care Affiliates and Newport Beach, Calif.-based DISC Sports & Spine have formed a joint venture. The goals of the joint venture are to "elevate the quality of outpatient surgery, increase accountability and reduce costs to consumers," according to a…

Ann Arbor, Mich.-based St. Joseph Mercy Health System's Outpatient Surgery Center is one of three health sector businesses named as finalists for the 2014 Deals of the Year list for The Ann Arbor News.

The following are nine ASCs that have opened or expanded in the past month.

Physicians Realty Trust has closed on seven previously announced property acquisitions worth $114.1 million, according to a report from Street Insider.

This week, a committee of South Carolina lawmakers has been charged with the task of evaluating the certificate of need program and the fate of the projects begun during the program's hiatus that would have required a CON to go…