ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

The following article is contributed by Matt Lau, corporate controller for Regent Surgical Health.   We hear the term "value" used quite often these days, usually when a commercial comes on the television trying to convince us to purchase a…

Koch Eye Associates was purchased by a private equity firm, Boston-based Candescent Partners, on Jan. 27, after the transfer of the medical license for the practice's St. James Surgery Center was approved by the Rhode Island Department of Health, according…

Here are reports on 19 new surgery centers that were opened, announced or broke ground in February. Note: Clicking a link will open the report in a new tab.

Virginia Eye Institute is opening two new offices in Henrico and Chesterfield Counties, adding physicians who will feed into the practice's freestanding surgery center, according to a Times Dispatch report.

A new outpatient surgery center for Edmond, Okla., is expected to be completed in summer 2013, according to an Oklahoman report.

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.