ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

ASCA has partnered with Voyance, a provider of patient satisfaction and perception management tools, to announce a comprehensive benchmarking program for the ambulatory surgery center industry.

Muskegon (Mich.) Surgery Center plans to submit a certificate of need for the addition of a $460,077 fourth operating room, according to a mlive report.

The Malcolm Grow Medical Clinic & Surgery Center at Joint Base Andrews, Md., plans to build a $266 million, 345,000-square-foot facility that will include an ambulatory care and surgery center, according to an AirForceTimes report.

The Mississippi Supreme Court dismissed an appeal brought forth by Jackson, Miss.-based St. Dominic Hospital regarding a botched purchase of an ambulatory surgery center, according to a report by the Jackson Free Press and Associated Press.

Christus Schumpert Health, a Louisiana-based health system, is shifting away from its Margaret Place campus in Shreveport, La., and plans to build two ambulatory care centers in Shreveport and Bossier City, La., according to a ktbs report.

Here are six recently proposed and enacted pieces of legislation impacting surgery centers and healthcare clinics.

The Medical Center of Fairfield County, the central element of which is the Surgery Center of Fairfield County, will formally open in Trumbull, Conn., with a May 30 ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Medical Facilities Corporation reported $72.9 million in revenue for the first quarter of 2013, with a 92.2 percent payout ratio.

Blayne Rush, president of Ambulatory Alliances, and Curtis H. Bernstein, managing director of Altegra Health, tackle five common questions associated with ambulatory surgery center (ASC) transactions.

Carolinas Center for Oral & Facial Surgery has opened a fifth location in Charlotte, N.C., according to a Charlotte Business Journal report.