Category: ASC Transactions and Valuation Issues

While independent ASCs have a steady hold on the market, with 68.1% of centers being freestanding, big chains continue to grow their market share as healthcare continues to consolidate. 

As of June 28, all 51 Walmart health centers have closed. 

A medical office building in Livingston, N.J., has sold for $13.5 million, according to a July 1 report from roi-nj.com.

Optum, parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, has called off its plan to acquire financially troubled Steward Health Care’s 1,700-physician group, The Boston Globe reported June 27.

Stamford (Conn.) Hospital’s corporate parent, Stamford Health, has signed a lease for a 65,667-square-foot medical office building, according to a June 26 report from the Stamford Advocate.

Florida-based neurologist Kester Nedd, MD, has acquired a Miami Lakes-based medical office building for $15 million, according to a June 7 report from the South Florida Business Journal.

Here are five deals shaping the ASC industry that Becker’s has reported on in 2024: 

A medical office building in Wellesley, Mass., has sold for $24.3 million, according to a June 21 report from ConnectCRE.

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

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health called off its planned $320 million acquisition of two North Carolina hospitals from Community Health Systems.