ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT has acquired the Houston Surgery Center property in Texas for a purchase price of $4.7 million.

Blayne Rush, president of Ambulatory Alliances, and Curtis H. Bernstein, managing director of Sinaiko Healthcare Consulting, tackle five questions associated with whether and when to sell an ambulatory surgery center (ASC).

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The Eye Clinic of Wisconsin has announced a new 6,000-square-foot ambulatory surgery center, slated to open in January 2013, according to a WSAW report.

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore has opened a surgery center that targets the elderly population, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

Licking Memorial Hospital and the physician-owned Medical Center of Newark have signed a confidentiality agreement as they discuss an unspecified business deal, according to a Newark Advocate report.

Waccamaw (Fla.) Community Hospital is responding to a growth in services with a new surgery, to be completed by spring 2013, according to a Myrtle Beach Online report.

The Paul Phillips Eye & Surgery Center has opened in Flemington, N.J., according to a Cranford Chronicle report.

IMA Endoscopy SurgiCenter in Merrillville, Ind., will be acquired by Indiana's Methodist Hospitals, according to a Times of Northwest Indiana report.

Surgery center owners looking to sell should be aware of several factors influencing valuation and profitability.