ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Inova Health Systems has opened the Inova Lorton (Va.) Healthplex, which will include an ambulatory surgery center, according to a Lorton Patch report.  

Triangle Orthopedic Associates has opened $2.4 million Triangle Orthopedics Surgery Center in Brier Creek, N.C. The 10,000-square-foot surgery center has two operating rooms and focuses solely on orthopedic care.

New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wlimington, N.C., has proposed to build a 62,300-square-foot outpatient cardiology center in conjunction with a 17,000-square-foot hospitality house, according to a Star News Online report.

Neal Richards Group, a real estate development firm, based in Dallas, plans to open a $95 million, four-story, 150,000-square-foot, 54 bed, 12 operating room and two procedure room medical center in San Antonio designed by BOKA Powell architecture firm.

Marquis Companies has proposed the construction of a 52-bed, $13 million medical center on the vacant Boise Cascade site in Salem, Ore., according to a Statesman Journal report.

The 17,000-sqaure-foot New Port Richey (Fla.) Center has been completed, according to a Gant Daily report.

1. Understand case volume and physician employment trends. Physician employment may disproportionately affect centers with high non-owner case volumes, said Jason Ruchaber, CFA, ASA, partner at HealthCare Appraisers. If the surgery center's case volume is heavily dependent on non-owners, the…

Yesterday, Triangle Orthopedic Associates opened the physician-owned 10,000-square-foot, $2.4 million Triangle Orthopedics Surgery Center in Raleigh, N.C.

Physician-owned Skyline Surgery Center including one procedure room, three operating rooms, six recovery rooms and seven beds is scheduled to open tomorrow in Pocatello, Idaho, according to an Idaho State Journal report.

The River Valley Ambulatory Surgery Center in Norwich, Conn., will be developed and managed by Merritt Healthcare.