ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are 40 statistics on surgery center staff wages, salary and hours per case by geographical location, according to VMG Health's ASC Intellimarker Survey 2011.

AmSurg's third quarter earnings per share of $0.53 increased 10 percent over the same period last year, according to a Zacks Equity Research Report.

Here are 13 ambulatory surgery centers that have recently opened, been announced or initiated expansion projects.

Greensboro (N.C.) Specialty Surgical Center has received conditional approval for a $5 million expansion project, according to a report by The Business Journal.

Here are nine statistics on surgery center cash, net accounts receivable and working capital as a percentage of net revenue based on case volume, according to VMG Health's 2011 ASC Intellimarker Survey.

Construct-A-Lead has announced that Kaleida Health intends to build a $2.7 million, freestanding ambulatory surgery center in Orchard Park, N.Y.

Construct-A-Lead announced that Constitution Surgery Center East in Waterford, Conn., will move forward with a $3.5 million expansion project.

Here are six statistics on surgery center cash and net accounts receivable as a percentage of total assets based on the number of operating rooms, according to VMG Health's ASC Intellimaker Survey 2011.

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.