ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

This article was written by Coker Barton, Senior Vice President and National Healthcare Director, Hoar Construction, LLC.

Palisades Medical Center is planning to build a new medical office building, one floor of which would include an ambulatory surgery center, according to a North Jersey report.

Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City, N.M., will undergo a $40 million expansion that includes a renovation and expansion of its surgery center, according to a Las Cruces Sun-News report.  

The Endoscopy Institute of Hawaii has opened in Honolulu, according to a Star Advertiser report.

Hospitals in Chesterfield and Creve Coeur, Mo., are facing off against physicians who want to add overnight stays at their surgery centers, according to a St. Louis Business Journal report.

Eye Specialists of Ohio recently added a new surgery center in Lancaster, Pa., according to a Lancaster Eagle Gazette report.

Frisco, Texas-based Ambulatory Alliances, a surgery center investment banking firm, hosted a webinar on "Selling Your Ambulatory Surgery Center: Preparing for Sale," and the recording is available for free download.

Physicians Endoscopy has completed five add-on acquisitions in 2012, according to a company release.

Sanford Health in Detroit Lakes, Minn., recently added hysterectomies as a new outpatient procedure, according to a DL-Online report.

A group of physicians are appealing a September court decision that dismissed their challenge to Virginia's mandate for certificates of need, according to an American Medical News report.