Category: ASC Transactions and Valuation Issues

The ASC industry is slowly consolidating, and five major moves in the last year point to how the industry is shifting. 

A 10,000-square-foot medical office building in East Windsor, N.J., has sold for $2.95 million, according to a July 6 report from roi-nj.com. 

Five ASCs have said they would close their doors this year, citing low patient volumes, financial strain and more.

United Surgical Partners International has more than 475 surgery centers, the most of any ASC chain. 

Surgery center chains have consolidated in the last decade to five mega-companies and a handful of small regional chains with growth prospects simmering.

The ASC market has shifted in the last decade with consolidation between ASC chains and more surgery center development overall, but the percentage of independent surgery centers overall hasn’t drastically shifted.

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, is on a spending spree, acquiring more than $10 billion worth of companies in the last year. 

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