ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are stories on the openings of or plans for 25 new surgery centers announced in 2010.

Here are 10 current topics on ASC transactions.

Here are 10 current topics on ASC valuation issues.

Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital will receive $23 million to build an ASC and refinance debt, according to Olean Times Herald report.

Fox Eye Surgery in Iowa had its application for a certificate of need to build an ASC denied by the Court of Appeals of Iowa, according to legal documents on Leagle.com.

Bill Heath, chief development officer at Practice Partners in Healthcare in Birmingham, Ala., explains four features of ASCs buyers are looking for.

Foundation Surgery Affiliates has announced new corporate partnerships with four ASCs in Maryland and Louisiana.

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…

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.