ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are 10 statistics about surgery center depreciation and amortization, according to data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

A new $71 million outpatient and surgery center in Twinsburg, Ohio, built by the Cleveland Clinic, remains on schedule to open in June, according to a report from the Twinsburg Bulletin.

Irving Place Capital, a middle-market private equity firm, has announced it will acquire National Surgical Hospitals, an owner and operator of 14 surgical hospitals and seven ambulatory surgery centers located in 10 states.

First Surgical Texas, an owner and operator of two ambulatory surgery centers and a general acute care hospital in the greater Houston metro area, has been acquired by Arkson Nutraceuticals, according to a news release.

Bariatric Partners, which owns and operates specialty ambulatory surgery centers with physician partners under the name JourneyLite, has announced the opening of a new ASC in North Florida, Fla.

Baptist Medical Center-Beaches in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., will open a new ambulatory surgery center Jan. 10 in Jacksonville Beach, according to a report from The Florida Times-Union.

Cedar Park (Texas) Surgery Center will open Feb. 1, according to online reports.

Central Kansas Medical Center in Great Band has announced it is shifting its focus to exclusively providing outpatient services in response to community needs.

A proposed surgery center for Smithfield Township, Pa., by Pennsylvania-based Coordinated Health, has received conditional approval from the town's supervisors, according to a report from the Pocono Record.

1. Continued decline in ASC volume. The decline in overall volume of ambulatory surgery center cases will not be as steep as in 2010, when volume fell by an estimated 5 percent, says Andrew Hayek, president and CEO of Surgical…