ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

The 17,000-sqaure-foot New Port Richey (Fla.) Center has been completed, according to a Gant Daily report.

1. Understand case volume and physician employment trends. Physician employment may disproportionately affect centers with high non-owner case volumes, said Jason Ruchaber, CFA, ASA, partner at HealthCare Appraisers. If the surgery center's case volume is heavily dependent on non-owners, the…

Yesterday, Triangle Orthopedic Associates opened the physician-owned 10,000-square-foot, $2.4 million Triangle Orthopedics Surgery Center in Raleigh, N.C.

Physician-owned Skyline Surgery Center including one procedure room, three operating rooms, six recovery rooms and seven beds is scheduled to open tomorrow in Pocatello, Idaho, according to an Idaho State Journal report.

The River Valley Ambulatory Surgery Center in Norwich, Conn., will be developed and managed by Merritt Healthcare.

Merritt Healthcare is pleased to announce that Boston Endoscopy Center (“BEC”) has sold a majority interest to AmSurg, a leading ASC and endoscopy center operator. BEC is located in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. The Facility engaged principals of Merritt to market…

Palomar Health's 7,600-square-foot, $4.5 million ambulatory care center in Ramona, Calif., will open in March, according to a RealEstateRama report.

Hays Surgery Center, the first out-patient facility in Kyle, Texas, opened last week, according to a Hays Free Press report.

The Kent Hospital, in Warwick, R.I., $15 million ambulatory surgery center project includes eight surgery suites and 27 pre- and post-operative beds in a 30,000-square-footbuilding and is expected to be completed in May, according to a Warwick Beacon report.

Metro Chicago Surgical Oncology, led by Timothy Hollister, MD, has teamed with Vantage Oncology, a developer of radiation oncology centers based in Manhattan Beach, Calif., to open the MSCO center in Wilmette, Ill., according to a Wilmette Life report.