ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

The Stark County Regional Planning Commission has granted approval for the construction of a 50,616-square-foot medical office building and ambulatory surgery center in Canton, Ohio, according to a CantonRep.com report.

Here are 15 statistics on ambulatory surgery center staff hours per case based on the center's net revenue, according to the VMG Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

Physicians Realty Trust reported a 19.4 percent increase in total revenue for the third quarter of 2013, reaching $3.7 million.

Vivere Health and Kenneth Moghdam, MD, have opened the Vivere-Austin Surgery Center, according to a heraldonline.com report.

NVISION Laser Eye Centers has acquired Capital Eye Medical Group in Carmichael, Calif.

Marshalltown (Iowa) Medical & Surgical Center has announced plans for the construction of a $35 million, 75,000-square-foot facility, according to a DesMoinesRegister.com report.

Surgical Care Affiliates has announced that it will release its third quarter financial results on Nov. 14.

HCA's operating income increased 3.5 percent to $701 million in the third quarter.

Here are five recent ambulatory surgery center acquisitions.

Surgical Care Affiliates announced the close of its initial public offering on Nov. 4.