ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

On June 5, 2012, Merritt Healthcare principles Matt Searles, MBA, and Rich Searles were featured in a webinar titled "Anatomy of an ASC Transaction: What to Expect When Selling an Interest in Your ASC or Endo Center." The webinar began…

The former Cheboygan (Mich.) Memorial Hospital resumed outpatient surgical services on Tuesday, according to a Cheboygan News report.

The old Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Ill., will be torn down in less than a month, leaving the surgery center, pavilion and two office buildings standing, according to a Chicago Sun Times report.

Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital has raised nearly $95,000 to assist with renovations to the hospital's SurgEase Ambulatory Surgery Center, according to an Acorn Online report.

Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of its new ambulatory surgery center on May 23, according to a Chronogram Magazine report.

Here are 15 surgery centers that were opened or announced last month.

The Sanders Trust, a Birmingham-based medical real estate investment firm, has acquired a 60,000 square-foot medical office building in Charleston, S.C., according to an Alabama Live report.

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., will break ground this fall on a $30 million addition to house a new outpatient surgery pavilion at its Superior Township campus, according to an Ann Arbor.com report.

Surgery center management and development company Health Inventures is diversifying its business with the addition of several new service lines, according to Christian Ellison, senior vice president.

Harris Optical, a branch of San Antonio Eye Center, has opened a new location in San Antonio to fulfill patient demand, according to a Houston Chronicle report.