ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are 10 new surgery centers that were opened or announced in April.

Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care is set to open a new ambulatory surgery center in Wauwatosa, Wis., according to a report from the Wauwatosa Patch.

Hospitals have two ways to collaborate with physicians for outpatient surgery centers, says Matt Searles, a managing partner at Merritt Healthcare in Somers, N.Y. They can retain their existing HOPD or build a new one, authorizing physicians to manage it…

Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital and Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists, based in Greenwich, have announced a joint-venture ambulatory surgery center agreement.

Regent Surgical Health celebrates its 10-year anniversary this month (April 2011). Tom Mallon, CEO of Regent, discusses the milestone, how the company became and has remained successful and what he thinks will be necessary to allow him to reflect on…

Physicians and hospitals can both benefit significantly from a hospital-physician ASC joint venture: The hospital benefits from transferring its brand to the surgery center and building a strong relationship with community physicians, and the physicians benefit from greater leverage in…

Ron Bullen, administrator of Moreland Surgery Center in Waukesha, Wis., oversees an ASC joint venture that converted from a hospital-based department to a surgery center two years ago. Here he discusses five challenges associated with operating his particular structure of…

Winchester (Mass.) Hospital has received an exemption from environment review for a new ambulatory surgery center it is developing, according to a report from the Winchester Star.

Scott Becker, JD, CPA, partner with McGuire Woods LLP, discusses five issues that can affect the legality of hospital/physician ASC joint ventures.

Here are 10 recently announced joint ventures which include surgery centers.