ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Medical Facilities Corporation has announced a June cash dividend payment of Cdn$0.09375 per common share payable on July 15, 2013, to holders.

Here are eight statistics on ambulatory surgery center operating expenses per operating room according to VMG Health's ASC Intellimaker Survey 2011.

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, a Houston-based multispecialty group practice, plans to open a new multispecialty clinic in Pasadena, Texas, on June 24, according to a report by The Pasadena Citizen.

Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II, co-sponsored by American Healthcare Investors and Griffin Capital Corporation, has acquired 21 medical-related buildings for $141.3 million dollars, including the Des Plaines (Ill.) Surgical Center.

The VA Medical Center in Syracuse, N.Y., has completed a $90 million, six-story wing that includes an outpatient surgery center.

Mt. Pleasant (Pa.) Surgery Center has added Westmoreland Digestive Disorders Group, based in Greensburg, Pa., to its medical team, according to a TribLive report.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association has released a new interactive online map of Medicare-certified ASCs and general acute care hospitals in the United States.

At the 11th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain-Management Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 15, Helen Suh, JD, and Scott Becker, JD, both attorneys at law firm McGuireWoods, clarified six reasons ASC joint ventures fail.

At the 11th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference on June 14, two professionals from Regent Surgical Health spoke about joint ventures with hospitals, surgery centers and physicians.

At the 11th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference June 14, Kenneth Faw, MD, executive and medical director of Evergreen Surgical Center in Kirkland, Wash., and Neil Johnson, RN, senior vice president and COO of Kirkland-based EvergreenHealth, discussed…