Charles J. Jacobson, president and CEO of Jacobson Consulting in Dunedin, Fla., has developed many ASCs in his long career. Identifying a recent uptick in sales of ASCs to hospitals, Mr. Jacobson presents the chief reasons why physicians sell ASCs…
ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues
The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice have released revised horizontal merger guidelines — the first time the guidelines have been revised in 18 years, according to a report by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
R. Blake Curd, MD, interim executive director of Surgical Management Professionals in Sioux Falls, S.D., points to four trends affecting ASCs and physician-owned hospitals.
Symbion has reported a 20 percent increase in revenue for the second quarter of 2010, according to the company's SEC filing and a Nashville Post report.
Jon Vick, president of ASCs Inc., a firm in Valley Center, Calif., which advises surgery center owners on strategic partnering and joint ventures, has seen has client base pick up 50 percent over last year's level.
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Even when the real estate market was soaring, David J. Shuffler, managing partner of Practice Valuation Group was a stalwart advocate of leasing real estate for an ASC rather than owning it. Here the Asheville, N.C., valuation guru explains why…
The following white paper was written by Blayne Rush, president of Ambulatory Alliances. It's the first day of your long-awaited, much-anticipated Scottish links tour. You inhale deeply, contentedly — enjoying the light scent of sea salt, peat, and heather as…
Greg Koonsman is a senior partner at VMG Health, a valuation and financial advisory firm. Q: My ASC is looking to bring in some physician-investors but we think the fair market value of what they would need to invest may…
Medical Facilities Corp., which owns controlling interests in four specialty surgical hospitals, located in South Dakota and Oklahoma, as well as two ASCs in California, reported a strong second quarter in 2010, with profits of $2.5 million compared to a…
Wisconsin-based ProHealth Care is selling its ASC located on the Community Memorial Hospital campus in Menomonee Falls, Wis., to Milwaukee-based Froedtert & Community Health, according to a report in The Business Journal of Milwaukee and a news release on the…