ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Jason Cagle, CFO, and Michael Stroup, senior vice president of acquisitions, of United Surgical Partners International share a forecast for mergers and acquisitions activity in the coming year.

St. John’s Hospital is interested in acquiring the 6,888-square foot Prairie Surigcenter in Springfield, Ill., for $8.5 million, according to a report by The State Journal-Register.

Here are 10 statistics on ambulatory surgery center debt by geographic location, according to VMG Health’s ASC Intellimarker Survey 2011.

Here are 24 statistics on ambulatory surgery center operating expenses per case based on case volume, according to VMG Health’s ASC Intellimarker Survey 2011.

Physician Partners of America announced the acquisition of Frisco (Texas) Ambulatory Surgery Center.

According to the Outpatient Surgical Centers Industry Overview report from Hoovers, around 30 percent of the revenue in the ambulatory surgery center industry is generated  by the 50 largest management and operations companies.

The OMNI Outpatient Surgery Center, a $4.5 million, 17,000-square-foot pain management surgical center, is tentatively expected to break ground in March, according to an UticaOD.com report.

Here are 18 statistics on surgery center payer mix based on case volume, according to VMG Health’s ASC Intellimarker Survey 2011.

Geisinger Health System intends to complete the addition of an ambulatory surgery center at its Gray's Woods Facility in Patton Township, Pa., in February, according to a Centre Daily Times report.

ProHEALTH, a large New York-based multispecialty physician group and ambulatory surgery center, has joined North Shore-LIJ CareConnect Provider Network.