ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan., is scheduled to soon break ground on a new surgical center, according to a Morning Sun report.

The surgeons at Great Lakes Surgical Associates in Lockport, N.Y., are awaiting approval from the state Department of Health to open a new surgery center in Lockport, according to a Business First report (subscription required for full access).

The Air Force has opened its first ambulatory surgery center in the National Capital Region, according to a news release.

A new surgery center is under development in Bridgeport, Ohio, according to an Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register report.

In a session at the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 17, Chuck Peck, MD, CEO of Health Inventures, discussed keys to successful implementation of physician alignment initiatives.

A new medical building at the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center houses eight operating rooms for outpatient surgery, according to a Santa Monica Daily Press report.

Achieving a favorable valuation is critical for a surgery center looking to sell to a management company or hospital. Here are 10 factors that affect surgery center value, according to VMG Health's 2011 ValueDriver ASC Survey.

Physicians Endoscopy is partnering with GI physicians and Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., on a new endoscopy center, according to news release.

AmSurg delivered strong revenue growth during the first quarter of 2012, with revenues up year-over-year to $230.2 million, according to a Zacks Equity Research report.

Ambulatory surgery center operator Symbion saw its year-over-year loss widen in the first quarter of 2012, according to a Nashville Post report.