ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are five current trends affecting ASC acquisition and operation, according to data from VMG Health's 2011 ValueDriver ASC Survey.

Deerfield Beach (Fla.) Outpatient Surgical Center, a privately-owned, multi-specialty ASC, opened its doors and performed its first surgery in Jan. 2011, according to a center release.

Erie (Pa.) Shriners Hospital for Children is planning to move inpatient surgeries to other hospitals and convert to an ambulatory surgery center, according to an Erie Times-News report.

Winchester (Mass.) Hospital is planning to break ground on a new ambulatory surgery center despite an appeal filed against the special permit it received for the project, according to a report from the Daily Times Chronicle.

Here are reports on 15 new surgery centers covered by Becker's ASC Review in March.

A new multidisciplinary healthcare practice which includes an ambulatory surgery center has opened in Englewood, N.J., according to a news release from the practice, Health East Medical Center.

The CEO of Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Pa., discusses the benefits of the organization's acquisition of River View Surgery Center in a report from The Eagle-Gazette.

Connecticut Orthopaedic Specialists is set to open a new surgery center in Bradford, Conn., according to a Connecticut Business Address report.

Here are 12 ASCs recently opened or under construction by hospitals or health systems.

Symbion has reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2010, highlighted by a 34 percent increase in revenues for the quarter compared to the prior year period, according to a report from the Nashville…