Regent Surgical Health and physician partners at Endosurgical Center of Central New Jersey have formed a joint venture with Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, according to a Regent news release.
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Newsom Eye & Laser Center in Tampa, Fla., has acquired Guggino Eye Center, according to a Tampa Bay Business Journal report.
The LASIK Vision Institute has announced the opening of its Long Island LASIK Eye Surgery Center in Garden City, N.Y.
La Peer Health Systems, Beverly Hills, Calif.-based outpatient surgery center, has announced a merger with 436 Beverly Hills Surgery Center.
There were 12 merger and acquisition deals for physician medical groups in the first quarter of 2013, which was down 37 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2012, according to a report from Irving Levin Associates.
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Expect middle-market transactions in the healthcare sector to pick up the pace this year, according to a report by KPMG.
The healthcare sector added 19,000 seasonally adjusted jobs in April, 900 of which occurred in outpatient facilities including ambulatory surgery centers to continue an upward though lagging trend, according to preliminary results from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Lexington (Ky.) Clinic has opened the Endoscopy and Surgical Center of Lexington Clinic on the second floor of its ambulatory surgery center, according to a Kentucky.com report.
In an agreement to purchase St. Mary Medical Center in Blue Springs, Mo., HCA Midwest Health System also acquired seven surgery centers.
Carondelet Health has sold St. Mary Medical Center in Blue Springs, Mo., to HCA Midwest Health System, according to an Examiner report.