PYA Healthcare Consulting Manager Derek Long provides useful guidance for valuing ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) in an article published in the January 2016 edition of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association’s ASC Focus, “What’s My Center Worth? A Practical Guide to Understanding ASC Valuations.”
Article excerpt used by permission from the ASCA Journal:
ASC transactions continue to be a hot trend in the health care mergers-and-acquisition arena for several strategic reasons. While an organization’s motivation for buying or selling interests in an ASC will vary, common catalysts remain the same: i) a hospital’s desire to purchase an ownership interest in a local ASC, ii) a large, for-profit organization’s desire to purchase a majority interest in an ASC as part of its strategic plan, iii) a large, for-profit organization’s desire to purchase a minority interest in an ASC as part of its strategic plan, and iv) a physician’s desire to sell a minority interest due to retirement or relocation.
Read the full article.
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