ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Effective Oct. 1, Castleview Hospital in Utah acquired Eastern Utah Surgical Center, according to a report from the Emery County Progress.

Colin Park of VMG recently published a report titled "Analysis of the Shrinking U.S. Federal Budget Deficit" detailing how the federal budget activity could impact healthcare.

A new medical office building at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Old Bridge, N.J., has begun construction and will include a surgery center, according to a report in My Central Jersey.

HCA Midwest Health System has acquired majority stake of Heart of America Surgery Center in Kansas City, Kan., according to a Kansas City Business Journal report.

According to a new report from Cejka Executive Search and the American College of Physician Executives, physician CEOs of multispecialty groups have seen their compensation increase while single specialty group physician CEOs have seen a decrease.

Physician Partners of America opened the Precinct Line Ambulatory Surgery Center in Hurst, Texas.

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.