Category: ASC Transactions and Valuation Issues

ValueHealth strikes joint venture to develop Florida ASC

Kansas City-based ValueHealth has partnered with Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System to develop a 12,000-square-foot ASC in Naples on the NCH Baker Hospital campus. 

Physicians are losing power. Here's why.

Harry Severance, MD, an adjunct assistant professor at Durhan, N.C.-based Duke University School of Medicine, joined Becker’s to discuss how physicians increasingly moving to employed models has shifted the workforce to what he calls a “seller’s market…

Inova Health acquires another physician group: What ASC leaders should know

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System has acquired another local specialty physician practice, expanding its footprint and services, according to a June 6 report from the Washington Business Journal. 

18 statistics on ASC valuations

ASC valuation multiples have been fluctuating in transactions over the last year, according to a report from VMG Health’s Annual Healthcare M&A Report 2023.

Why Optum's lack of 'checks and balances' concern 1 CEO

According to Michael Meyers, president and CEO of Manhasset, N.Y.-based medtech company Meyers & Gerard Medical, Optum’s quick growth and acquisition of physician groups is a cause for concern. 

Optum's strength in 5 stats

Optum, parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, is the largest employer of physicians in the country. 

Optum's strength in 5 stats

Optum, parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, is the largest employer of physicians in the country. 

Dr. Amish Oza buys former Midwest Spine & Pain building for $1.85M

Amish Oza, MD, medical director of Marion, Ohio-based Midwest Internal Associates, has purchased an 8,500-square-foot medical office building that formerly housed Midwest Spine & Pain for $1.85 million, according to a June 1 report from Columbus Bu…

Consolidation in the ASC industry: 3 stats to know 

Although the ASC industry is slowly consolidating, the industry as a whole has remained independent amid increasing healthcare consolidation. 

USPI in 5 stats

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International is the largest ASC chain in the country.