Category: ASC Transactions and Valuation Issues

Why physicians are selling to hospitals 

The percentage of physicians who work in private practice has decreased from 60.1 percent in 2012 to 46.7 percent in 2022, according to recently released analysis of 10 years of data on physician practice arrangements conducted by the American Medical …

3 physician group acquisitions shaping the industry

Here are three physician group acquisitions shaping the healthcare industry:

Largest ASCs by operating rooms 

Miami-based Bayside Ambulatory Surgery Center is the largest individual ASC or individual ASC company by number of operating rooms, according to an Aug. 18 report from Definitive Healthcare. 

San Jose medical office building sells for $9M

A medical office building in San Jose, Calif., has sold for $9 million, according to an Aug. 18 report from REBusiness Online.

4 hospitals closing departments or ending services

Here are four hospitals closing departments or ending services since Aug. 1:

Amazon further disrupts healthcare: 8 moves to know

Amazon and other retailers are continuing to look at healthcare for growth. 

Optum spent $2B on a physician group in 2022. What have they done since?

In August 2022, UnitedHealth Group’s Optum acquired Houston-based multispecialty physician group Kelsey-Seybold for around $2 billion. Since the deal, Optum has zeroed in on making big moves in the physician and value-based care space. 

USPI continues to pull away from competitors

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, the ASC chain of Tenet Healthcare, is the largest ASC chain in the country, with more than 475 centers. 

ASCs, physicians 'very attractive' to investors: 5 trends from KPMG

There were 245 healthcare mergers and transactions in the second quarter, 7 percent below the deal average last year and 41 percent lower year over year, according to a KPMG report.

USPI, HCA and Surgery Partners further consolidate: 9 moves in 2023 

The ASC industry, like the rest of healthcare, is increasingly consolidating.