ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

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.

Norwalk (Conn.) Hospital plans to include an ambulatory surgery center in a new ambulatory medical center, according to a Connecticut Post report.

AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, a medical billing, practice management and coding services company, has acquired COMPUDATA, an Ohio-based medical billing company, according to a news release.

Emergency regulations proposed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in January would require surgery centers to receive state approval before expanding or adding more services, according to a Sentinel & Enterprise report.

A group of physicians is aiming to buy out Advocate Health Care's controlling interest in Orland Park Surgical Center, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.

Gastroenterologist Eric Ibegbu, MD, has opened a new GI-driven surgery center in Kingston, N.C., according to a Free Press report.

Kentuckiana Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Associates, based in Louisville, Ky., has announced it has opened a surgery center in Louisville, according to a news release.

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT has acquired 100 percent of the fee simple interest in Stonegate Medical Center, a 27,000-square-foot facility in Austin that includes a surgery center, diagnostic and radiological center and pain management center, according to a Citybizlist…

Southwest General Health System, based in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, has acquired a minority stake in Big Creek Surgery Center in Middleburg Heights, according to a Crain's Cleveland Business report.