ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Compared to the past, healthcare executives of hospital and health systems, either looking to acquire other organizations or seeking a partner, are approaching mergers and affiliations differently. There are different goals in mind.

Houston-based Victory Healthcare is likely to turn one of its San Antonio facilities into an ambulatory surgery center, according to a San Antonio News report.

Florida International University Health has announced plans to build a new complex in Miami that would house an ambulatory surgery center, according to a news release.

Ambulatory surgery centers in Massachusetts say their industry could be under threat from state regulators seeking to give their competition — hospitals — an advantage, according to a Boston Herald report.

Nationwide Children's Hospital, based in Columbus, Ohio, has opened a new ambulatory surgery center in Westerville, Ohio, according to a ColumbusLocalNews.com report.

A proposed joint-venture ophthalmology surgery center for Wilton, N.Y., has received approval from the state's Department of Health, according to a Business Review report.

Thompson Health, based in Canandaigua, N.Y., has announced its F.F. Thompson Hospital has opened a new surgery center on the main Thompson Health campus in Canandaigua, according to a news release.

Raleigh (N.C.) Orthopaedic Clinic and Rex Healthcare, a member of Raleigh-based UNC Health Care, have announced they will break ground on a new joint-venture orthopedic surgery center on April 12, according to a news release.

Regulations introduced by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health would severely limit the ability of ASCs to provide care, according to an editorial by Linda Rahm, president of the Massachusetts Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers and administrator of Pioneer Valley…

Healthcare Trust of America has assumed leasing and management of its portfolio of outpatient surgery centers in central Indiana, according to an Indianapolis Business Journal report.