ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are 22 new surgery centers opened or announced over the past few months.

The Advanced Center for Surgery, a 12,500-square-foot, multi-specialty surgical center, has opened in Altoona, Pa., according to an Altoona Mirror report.

Loyola University Health System has opened a new multi-disciplinary surgery center to treat obesity, according to a Newswise report.

Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio, has purchased River View Imaging Center, approximately one year after its purchase of River View Surgery Center for $8.5 million in 2011, according to a Lancaster Eagle Gazette report.

The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Medicine has acquired Parris Castoro Eye Care Center, an outpatient eye and laser surgery center, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

Northside Hospital in Cumming, Ga., has opened the new Northside-Forsyth Outpatient Surgery center, according to an Access North GA report.

Here are 10 hospitals acquiring, planning or developing ambulatory surgery centers in the last two months.

Miami Children's Hospital has announced plans to open four new outpatient centers as part of its expansion this year, according to a South Florida Business Journal report.

Beth Kase, business and regulatory healthcare attorney and partner at Fenton Nelson, discusses eight key considerations for surgery center physicians during ownership transitions.

Rochester General Health System has completed its acquisition of four medical buildings in Penfield, N.Y., one of which will be used as a new ambulatory surgery center, according to a Penfield Post report.