ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are 12 statistics on average long-term debt for ambulatory surgery centers based on data from the VMG's 2011 Intellimarker ASC Benchmarking Study.

Here are nine recent news updates for ambulatory surgery centers and physicians.

Regent Surgical Health, a Westchester, Ill.-based ambulatory surgery center development and management company, has announced that it will develop an ASC with 26 physician partners of Plaza Ambulatory Surgery Center and Providence Portland Medical Center.

Wentworth-Douglass Health System, based in Dover-N.H., has announced plans to open the Wentworth Surgical Center in Somersworth, N.H., according to a Seacoastonline report.

Colin McDermott, CFA, CPA, is a senior manager for Dallas-based VMG Health. He specializes in healthcare financial, valuation and transaction issues.

Saint Luke's Surgicenter in Lee's Summmit, Mo., has completed a 15,000-square-foot, 18-month expansion project that cost over $6.5 million, according to a Kansas City Business Journal report.

Here are eight statistics on average ambulatory surgery center operating expenses per case, according to VMG Health's Intellimaker ASC Benchmarking Survey 2011.

Vargas Face & Skin Center, cosmetic surgery and facial rejuvenation center, has announced a move to a new larger, location in Prairie Village, Kan.

Here are 11 statistics on industry operating trends for ambulatory surgery centers, according to VMG Health's 2011 ValueDriver ASC Survey.

Surgical Care Affiliates acquired Health Inventures, a national surgical and physician services company operating more than 20 ambulatory surgery centers in partnership with 10 health system partners nationwide.