ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Most physicians foresee hospital integration as the way of the future, even though they haven't considered integration themselves, according to the Deloitte's Physician Perspectives Survey.

The Center for Spine & Pain Medicine, an established medical practice, has filed a certificate of need for a $514,557 ambulatory surgical treatment center in Chattanooga, Tenn., according to a mondaq report.

The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has granted UC Health approval for the construction of a 42,000-square-foot, $8.8 million ambulatory care clinic in Florence, Ky., according to a Cincinnati.com report.

Lake Health has opened the Lake Health Bariatric Surgery Center in Cleveland, according to a cleveland.com report.

Here are 15 statistics on the projected annual growth rate of Medicare from 2011 to 2020, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

Here are 21 statistics on Medicare spending in 2001 and 2011, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission.

Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit has announced plans to build a $42 million outpatient facility in Troy, according to a report by The Oakland Press.

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Greg Koonsman will give a presentation titled "Analyzing the Health System Market – Who Needs to Sell? Why Joint Venture?"

Harrison Street Real Estate, based in Chicago, has recently acquired the WestHealth Campus in Plymouth, Minn., from AllinaHealth for $58 million, according to a GlobeSt.com report.

Tracey Harbour, RN, BSN, administrator of Surgery Center of Pinehurst (N.C.) identifies four steps that ambulatory surgery center leadership can take to build a strategic defense against the frequent financial mistakes that happen in ASCs.