Category: ASC Transactions and Valuation Issues

A Jan. 7 bipartisan Senate report titled “Profits Over Patients: The Harmful Effects of Private Equity on the U.S. Health Care System” heavily scrutinized private equity involvement in healthcare, particularly in underserved and rural communities. 

Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare will be acquired by Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Foundation pending regulatory approval, WMTW reported Jan. 8.

Walgreens Boots Alliance faced major headwinds into 2024 as the company confronted significant challenges in its efforts to expand into primary care. 

A medical office building in Novato, Calif., has sold for $30.05 million, according to a Jan. 4 report from the North Bay Business Journal.

Here are five hospitals consolidating since Dec. 25, as reported by Becker’s:

Fort Street Partners and Chestnut Healthcare Real Estate have formed a joint venture to acquire and develop $150 million in outpatient medical and surgery centers over the next four years, according to a Jan. 3 report from the Commercial Property Execu…

A medical office building leased by an Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist clinic has been purchased by a Raleigh, N.C.-based optometrist, according to a Dec. 26 report from the Triad Business Journal.

Tenet Healthcare’s United Surgical Partners International is the largest ASC chain in the country by number of physicians. 

Optum and home health provider Amedisys have extended the deadline for their proposed $3.3 billion merger amid a legal challenge from the Department of Justice. 

California and Massachusetts both attempted to pass legislation that would tighten regulations around private equity transactions in healthcare, but it is unlikely that either state will see the proposed bills become law before the end of 2024, Bloombe…