ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Moody's Investor Service has downgraded Pittsburgh-based West Penn Allegheny Health Systems' bond rating from B1 to Ba3, affecting $758 million Series 2007 fixed-rate bonds, according to a report by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Rajiv Chopra is a principal and CFO for The C/N Group, a healthcare services company.Q: You have seen an increase in the 'one-stop-shop' model for providing care — organizations looking to provide services for the entire patient experience, from assessment…

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has vetoed nearly $9.7 million in funds for 630-bed Shands at the University of Florida in Gainesville, according to a report by the Gainesville Sun.

Chris Suscha is vice president of de novo business development for Meridian Surgical Partners.Q: Our physicians are considering selling part of our ASC to a management company or hospital. What financial information must we know about our operations before exploring…

This article briefly addresses six key issues impacting outpatient services and physician-owned facilities.

Here is the distribution of surgery centers and hospitals by Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area and their percent of the total market, according to SDI.

Officials from Miami-Dade County are questioning the calculations financially struggling Jackson Health System is using to determine how they are closing in on a $230 million budget deficit, according to a report in The Miami Herald.

Here are the fair market value ranges of total management fees for 12 common service line co-management arrangements in hospitals, according to HealthCare Appraisers' Healthcare Transactions 2009 Year in Review.

Groundbreaking for Pine Ridge Surgery Center in Wausau, Wis., took place May 27, according to the Wausau Daily Herald.

HCA's plans for an initial public offering of shares could prompt more IPOs from other for-profit healthcare companies, from hospitals to ASCs, according to a report by the Nashville Business Journal.