Category: ASC Transactions and Valuation Issues

Here are 10 of the most interesting deals completed in the ASC space that Becker’s reported on in 2023:

United Surgical Partners International, SCA Health and AmSurg are three of the biggest ASC chains. Here is how they compare based on their number of ASCs and affiliated physicians: 

Optum’s ASC operator branch, SCA Health, now has more than 320 surgical facilities and 9,200 physicians.

Joe Peluso, administrator at Aestique Surgical Center in Greensburg, Pa., joined Becker’s to discuss market trends affecting success in ASCs, particularly independent organizations.

Harrison-based North Arkansas Regional Medical Center plans to close two clinics and an urgent care center, KY3 reported Dec. 1. 

Surgery Partners entered a joint venture with Nevada Surgical Suites.

Some ASCs are having to forgo independence, looking to hospital and management company partnerships to handle skyrocketing operating costs.

Here is a look at how Dallas-based ASC-operating behemoth United Surgical Partners International has performed financially in 2023 thus far:

Orlando Health has purchased property in Lake Mary, Fla., near its upcoming hospital to construct a 28,000-square-foot medical office building, according to a Dec. 9 report from the Orlando Business Journal.

Optum, the largest employer of physicians in the country, has doubled down on its physician acquisition strategy in 2023.