ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are 11 statistics about operating expenses in ASCs, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.

A new ASC developed by Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health System and physicians from the Medina, Ohio, area is scheduled to open in Medina County in December, according to Beacon Journal report.

Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners has announced a partnership with Crane Creek Surgery Center in Melbourne, Fla.

Real estate investment trust Cogdell Spencer acquired St. Francis Outpatient Center in Greenville, S.C. in July, according to a news release on the company's third quarter 2010 financial results.

In his famous book, Good to Great, author-professor Jim Collins implores us to "aim high." He claims that the enemy of great is simply attempting to be good. Well, many analysts and observers view the overall performance record of the…

Auburn Hills (Mich.) Surgicenter received a certificate of need from the Michigan Department of Community Health on Sept. 30, according to Justine Corday, managing partner of Adjuvant Partners.

Stateline Surgery Center in Galena, Kan., opened in March, according to Jenny Morris, administrator of the ASC.

Centra Ambulatory Surgery has been denied a certificate of public need to build two outpatient ORs in Danville, Vir., according to a report by the Danville Register & Bee.

Ophthalmologists have broken ground on a new ASC in Rome, N.Y., a collaborative project between the physicians and Rome Memorial Hospital, according to a news release from the hospital.

Here are stories about 20 new surgery centers which opened or were announced in October.