ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Overall healthcare merger and acquisition volume decreased 9 percent year-over-year to 281 deals in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to a report from Irving Levin Associates.

In the past the relationship between ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals was typically adversarial, but as healthcare changes ASC leaders are trading old notions for a new vision of collaborative care.

Here are six ambulatory surgery centers that have recently opened, expanded or been announced as upcoming projects.

The Monticello Community Surgery Center is expected to open in Charlottesville, Va., next month, according to a report by The Daily Progress.

Lehigh Valley Health Network will open LVHN Surgical Center, an outpatient orthopedic surgery center, at the former Westfield Hospital in South Whitehall Township, Pa., according to an LVB.com report.

Methodist McKinney Hospital announced the acquisition of an outpatient surgery center in McKinney, Texas.

Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, N.J., recently opened a new ambulatory surgery center, according to an nj.com report.

RBC Capital analysts recently raised their price target for shares of Medical Facilities Corporation from C$15.50 to C$17, according to a report by Ticker Report.

Here are nine statistics on the percentage of cases performed by ambulatory surgery centers' top physicians based on the number of operating rooms, according to VMG Health's ASC Intellimarker Survey 2011.

University of Maryland Medical System and Shore Health System earned approval from Queen Anne's County Commissioners to open an outpatient surgery center in Queenstown, Md., according to a MyEasternShoreMD.com report.