ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are 12 statistics on how ambulatory surgery center management and development companies perceive and respond to the ASC acquisitions market, according to VMG Health's ASC ValueDriver Survey 2011.

Surgical Care Affiliates announced its fourth quarter and year-end financial results.

Lumberton (N.C). Surgical Associates will become an affiliate of Southeastern Health and be renamed Southeastern Surgical Center 2, according to a fayobserver.com report.

In September, Arete Surgical Center in Johnstown, Colo., but could initially only accept cash pay patients, according to a Northern Colorado Business Report.

The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board delayed its vote on the Beloit Health System plan to add a surgery center to its NorthPointe Health and Wellness Campus in Roscoe, Ill., according to an rrstar.com report.

American Spine opened a new spine treatment facility and surgery center in Germantown, Md.

On March 12, the Surgicenter of Kansas City will break ground on a new 23,000-square-foot facility in Kansas City, Mo., according to a Kansas City Business Journal report.

John Newman, Senior Vice President and General Counsel with Constitution Surgery Centers, has experienced the gamut of major ambulatory surgery center ownership transactions and provides insight into the factors ASC leaders should consider before undertaking any sale transaction.

Ambulatory surgery center market location and position within a market affect how ASC management and development companies approach valuation. Here are 15 statistics on how location impact value, according to VMG Health's 2011 ValueDriver ASC Survey.

Value, while contingent on the convergence of multiple objective factors, is still in the eye of the beholder. Below are five factors that majority of management and development companies, more than 50 percent, think have a significant impact on valuation,…