ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

There are now 271 ambulatory surgery centers in the state of Pennsylvania — up from 72 in 200 — and ASC profit margins far outstrip those of general acute-care hospitals, according to a report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost…

Highmark, Pennsylvania's largest health insurer, recently gave West Penn Allegheny Health System $2 million to establish a network of medical buildings, which will include outpatient surgery spaces, according to a TribLIVE report.

Medical Facilities Corporation announced today that a cash dividend payment of CDN $0.09375 per common share will be payable on October 15, 2012, to holders of record of common shares at the close of business on September 28, 2012, according…

Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore recently announced a new outpatient surgery and birthing center, according to a KQCD-TV report.

Presence Health has joined Northwest Community Healthcare in opposing a proposed surgery center for Arlington Heights, Ill., according to a Daily Herald report.

The Tri State Advanced Surgery Center in Marion, Ark., will open its doors this week, according to a Memphis Business Journal report.

Shepard Eye Center in Santa Maria, Calif., will open a new surgery suite on September 20, according to a Santa Barbara Independent report.

Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College, Pa., is planning a new 60,000-square-foot surgery center that will add five new operating rooms to the main medical campus, according to a We Are Central PA report.

Vassar Brothers Medical Center dedicated its new ambulatory surgery center, the Daniel Z. Aronzon, MD Center for Ambulatory Surgery, today, according to a Poughkeepsie Journal report.

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Jeff Peo, vice president of acquisitions and development of Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America, and Troy DeDecker, of Health Management Associates, will give a presentation titled "JVs — Can Your…