ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

The proposed expansion of Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, Calif., may result in a new outpatient surgery center for the hospital, according to a North Country Times report.

Saint Louis University has encountered a setback in its plans for a new $75 million surgical center, after the St. Louis Preservation Board decided to save the main building of the historic Pevely Dairy site, according to a report by…

Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, N.J., has announced that construction will begin on a new surgery center in late spring 2012, according to a hospital news release.

When asked about their primary concern for the ASC industry in 2012, Greg Horner, MD, managing partner of Smithfield Surgical Partners doesn’t miss a beat: "The hospital integration process," he says. "You are probably aware that free-standing medical groups are…

Two physicians who serve the Chicago area are seeking a certificate of need to build a new outpatient surgery center in Palos Hills, Ill., according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.

West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell, Idaho, has announced the Idaho Surgery Center, also in Caldwell, is now a department of the community hospital, according to a hospital news release.

Here are 20 benchmarking statistics about revenue per case — broken down by average (statistical mean) gross charges and net revenue — for common specialties in ambulatory surgery centers, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. Note:…

VMG Health has published the 2011 edition of VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker.

Morton Plant North Bay Hospital has announced it has broken ground on a new surgical center in New Port Richey, Fla., according to a hospital news release.

Congress will vote today on a House Republican bill that would allow POHs to open if they were under construction at the end of 2010 and would allow them to expand if they were already in existence at that time,…