ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

La Peer Health System, a network of outpatient surgical facilities, opened its Surgical Gynecology Center of Excellence in Los Angeles.

Novant Health announced it would begin construction of a new medical building this year, with the initial phase including a new surgery center with two operating rooms in Clemmons, N.C., according to a report from The Business Journal.

Here are 12 statistics on case volume for large ambulatory surgery centers with more than four operating rooms based on data from the VMG Health Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

Rochester Ambulatory Surgery Center has opened in Penfield, N.Y., according to a Penfield Post report.

Aurora Health Care purchased Manitowoc (Wis.) Surgery Center, according to a Milwaukee Business News report.

St. Luke's in Boise, Idaho, is building a new outpatient surgery center in front of its Meridian hospital, which is currently 80 percent capacity, according to an Idaho Statesman report.

St. Joseph Hospital, Southern New Hampshire Medical Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua opened a new outpatient surgery center, according to a report in the New Hampshire News.

Regent Surgical Health has formed a new joint venture partnership with the physician partners of Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center. The multispecialty surgery center has a license for extended overnight patient stays.

A new joint venture surgery center in Westmoreland, N.Y., is expected to bring around 20 new jobs to the area in 2014, according to an Observer-Dispatch report.

In approaching the valuation of an existing surgery center, there are two distinct methods that can be used. For smaller transactions involving minority interest sales, a simple "back of the envelope" method can be employed.