ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Sutter Auburn (Calif.) Surgery Center, affiliated with Sutter Health, has completed a $230,000 remodel to its original facility, according to a report from the Sacramento Business Journal.

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth has broken ground on its $40 million expansion, which will include an outpatient surgery center, according to a report from the Fort Worth Business Press.

Premier Health's Middletown, Ohio-based Atrium Medical Center has acquired Southwest Ohio Surgery Center, also in Middletown, according to a report from the Journal-News.

Birmingham, Ala.-based St. Vincent's Health System is planning a $15.6 million expansion for its One Nineteen campus, which will include an urgent care center, office space and an ambulatory surgery center, according to a report from the Birmingham Business Journal.

North Valley Surgery Center, one of the largest surgery centers in Arizona, opened in Scottsdale, according to an arizona.newszap report.

Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center in Santa Cruz, Calif., has begun a $16.5 million expansion and remodel project, according to a Santa Cruz Sentinel report.

BayCare Surgery Center, formerly Trinity Surgery Center, held a ribbon cutting ceremony on its new 15,000-square-foot facility in New Port Richey, Fla.

From the large scale — AmSurg and Sheridan — to the small — individual physician buy-in —the ambulatory surgery center business is buzzing with transaction activity. Here are 22 key points for ASC owners considering a transaction to know.

Here are four hospitals that have opened or announced plans for ambulatory surgery centers within the past month.

The Rochester (N.Y.) Laser Eye Center has donated three LASIK surgeries to local first responders under its Eyes on Our Heroes program, according to a report from WHEC Rochester News 10.