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ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

In a panel session on Aug. 16 at the annual conference of the Association of Staff Physician Recruiters in Chicago, Scott Shipman, MD, director of healthcare affairs, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and a researcher at the Dartmouth Institute…

A new surgery center is scheduled to open on the medical campus of Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital in New Albany, Ohio, this fall, according to a blog entry on the website of OrthoNeuro, a physician group that will…

Sentara Potomac Hospital, based in Woodbridge, Vir., is seeking permission from the Virginia Health Department to relocate an operating room from its hospital to a new surgery center in Lake Ridge, Vir., according to a Washington Business Journal report.

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St. Edward Mercy Health System, based in Fort Smith, Ark., and a member of St. Louis-based Sisters of Mercy, plans to open a new orthopedic surgery center in Fort Smith, according to a The City Wire report.

South Central Regional Medical Center, based in Laurel, Miss., has broken ground on a new cosmetic and plastic surgery center and new dermatology clinic in Laurel, according to a Laurel Leader-Call report.

The following article is written by Curtis H. Bernstein, CPA/ABV, ASA, CVA, MBA, director of valuation services for Sinaiko Healthcare Consulting. Like surgery center management companies, hospitals are restricted from paying above fair market value for a surgery center under…

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