Category: ASC Transactions and Valuation Issues

UnitedHealth Group, parent company of Optum, has set its sights on acquiring Brentwood, Tenn.-based ASC operator Surgery Partners, leaving industry leaders concerned about the potential effects. 

Irving, Texas-based Christus Health and Kerryville (Texas) Surgery Center have finalized a joint venture as Christus Surgery Center. 

These are the five biggest moves by the five biggest ASC chains so far in 2024: 

Both Walgreens and CVS Health have recently announced plans to shutter locations and lay off employees, further evidence of the changing landscape in the retail pharmacy space. 

A healthcare real estate firm has paid $72 million for a three-building, 201,000-square-foot outpatient medical center in Plymouth, Minn., in one of the biggest local medical office sales ever, according to an Oct. 16 report from Finance & Commerce.

A Humana subsidiary will acquire Miami Beach, Fla.-based Clinical Care Medical Centers for $45 million after the multispecialty group sought Chapter 11 protection Oct. 13. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is one of the country’s largest operators of surgery centers through HCA Surgery Ventures, its ASC arm. 

Walgreens will close 1,200 locations over the next three years, the company said in its Oct. 15 fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report. 

UnitedHealth Group’s Optum earned $63.9 billion in total revenue in the third quarter of 2024 — an increase of 11.7% year over year, according to the company’s financial report. 

Healthcare has been a focus of private-equity investment for years, driving consolidation throughout the industry.