ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Taylorville (Ill.) Memorial Hospital has announced it will open a new outpatient services center in March which includes ambulatory surgery.

Jon Vick, president of ASCs, Inc., discusses five key steps to selecting the best corporate partner for your ambulatory surgery center.

A new 20,000-square-foot surgery center is included as part of a significant expansion project for Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston, Iowa, according to the Creston News Advertiser.

Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio, has acquired Riverview Surgery Center, also in Lancaster, according to a report from the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette.

St. Vincent Health System in Little Rock, Ark., is targeting July 2011 for completion of a new ambulatory surgery center in its main hospital, St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center, according to a report from The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Laser Spine Institute expanded the new Oklahoma City facility from a consult center into a full-service surgery center, according to a company news release.

Surgicare of Wichita (Kan.) has purchased property to build a new ambulatory surgery center in the city, according to a report from the Wichita Business Journal.

Curtis Bernstein, CPA/ABV, ASA, CVA, MBA, is managing director of valuation services for Sinaiko Healthcare Consulting.   Q: Does the volume of referrals from our physicians impact our ambulatory surgery center's value?   Curtis Bernstein: While having physicians refer cases…

OakBend Medical Center has opened a new ambulatory surgery center in Richmond, Texas, according to a report from the Fort Bend Herald.

El Camino Hospital, which has hospital campuses in Mountain View and Los Gatos, Calif., is in discussion with the management team of an ambulatory surgery center in Mountain View about reducing the hospital's majority ownership position to a minority ownership,…