Transactions & Valuation Issues

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and officials from San Francisco-based California Pacific Medical Center have agreed that the hospital can build five new medical facilities in return for investments in the city, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.

Georgia-based Taylor Health Care Group and Central Georgia Health System in Macon, have formed a strategic partnership, according to a Warner Robins Patriot report.

Bankruptcy court Judge Morris Stern has accepted Pennsylvania-based Hudson Holdco's $43.5 million bid for Christ Hospital, according to a Jersey Journal report.

Construction has begun on a new ambulatory care facility that will house a surgery center in Irvine, Calif., according to a news release from Swinerton Builders, the project's design-build services provider.

National Spine & Pain Centers, which operates 10 ambulatory surgery centers and is based in Rockville, Md., has acquired Virginia-based Capitol Spine & Pain Centers, according to a news release.

Riverview Medical Center has unveiled the first completed phase of its hospital expansion, which will eventually add an educational and conference center, specialty surgical suites and a renovated post-anesthesia care area to the unit, according to a Holmdel Patch report.

Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA, plans to open a new, freestanding emergency room later this year, according to a Jacksonville Business Journal report.

NYU Langone Medical Center and Continuum Health Partners, both based in New York City, have signed a confidentiality agreement in their preliminary discussions toward a possible affiliation or merger, according to the minutes from a NYU Faculty Senators Council meeting…

Nicholas Janiga, manager at HealthCare Appraisers in Castle Rock, Colo., shares his expertise on transitioning small and large group practitioners into a hospital-employed setting.

Grand Junction (Colo.) VA Medical Center has opened a new surgical center, according to a KREX report.