ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

A physician in Downey, Calif., has submitted a proposal to the Downey City Planning Commission to remodel a credit union building to accommodate an ambulatory surgery center, according to a report from The Downey Patriot and documentation from Downey City…

Here are nine areas physician-investors should focus on when developing a new ambulatory surgery center as identified by the leadership team of Meridian Surgical Partners.

Jen Johnson, CFA, is the managing director for VMG Health, overseeing the company's valuation of professional service arrangements.   Q: What can we, as physician-owners of an ambulatory surgery center, be paid for under a co-management arrangement?   Jen Johnson:…

Here are six risk factors that have a very high impact on ASC value, according to responses from ASC operators to VMG Health's 2011 ValueDriver ASC Survey. For each risk factor, operators were asked to rate whether the factor had…

Here are five current trends affecting ASC acquisition and operation, according to data from VMG Health's 2011 ValueDriver ASC Survey.

Deerfield Beach (Fla.) Outpatient Surgical Center, a privately-owned, multi-specialty ASC, opened its doors and performed its first surgery in Jan. 2011, according to a center release.

Erie (Pa.) Shriners Hospital for Children is planning to move inpatient surgeries to other hospitals and convert to an ambulatory surgery center, according to an Erie Times-News report.

Winchester (Mass.) Hospital is planning to break ground on a new ambulatory surgery center despite an appeal filed against the special permit it received for the project, according to a report from the Daily Times Chronicle.

Here are reports on 15 new surgery centers covered by Becker's ASC Review in March.

A new multidisciplinary healthcare practice which includes an ambulatory surgery center has opened in Englewood, N.J., according to a news release from the practice, Health East Medical Center.