ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are 8 points on how ASC management and development companies assess value, based on data from HealthCare Appraisers' 2010 ASC Valuation Survey.

Memorial Health System board chair Jim Moore recently responded to criticism from Councilman Tim Leigh over business and real estate decisions made by the city-owned hospital, according to a Colorado Springs Gazette report.

Officials of the East Texas Medical Center Regional Healthcare System and the Wood County Central Hospital District have announced plans for a new $35 million facility in Quitman, Texas, that will include a surgery center, according to a news release.

Physicians from clinics without operating rooms frequently travel to Northgate, Iowa, to perform surgeries at the Iowa City Ambulatory Surgical Center, according to a Press-Citizen report.

AmSurg has announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2011, according to a Market Watch report.

Piedmont Ear Nose and Throat Associates has opened Piedmont Outpatient Surgery Center, a $4.1 million facility in Piedmont, N.C., according to a Journal Now report.

Kenai officials are debated over the merits of a new surgery center proposed by Kahtnu Ventures, according to a Peninsula Clarion report.

Here are 10 recent reports on surgery centers expanded, acquired, developed or planned by hospitals, according to various news sources.

Banner Health Center in Maricopa, Ariz., which will begin seeing patients on May 16, has plans over the next few years to double in size and add an outpatient surgery center, according to an In Maricopa report.

St. Louis University has received city approval to demolish the historic Pevely Dairy complex to make way for a $75 million outpatient surgery center, according to a St. Louis Today report.