Category: ASC Transactions and Valuation Issues

Optum closes $796M deal: 4 notes

Optum closed the multimillion-dollar deal to acquire home health and hospice company LHC Group Feb. 22, according to an SEC filing.

Healthcare's 10 biggest investors in 2022: What ASCs need to know

Private equity firm Shore Capital Partners made 61 healthcare-related deals in 2022, according to investment data company PitchBook.

USPI vs. SCA Health vs. HCA Healthcare: Who had the highest revenue in 2022?

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and Deerfield, Ill.-based SCA Health are three of the largest ASC operators in the country. 

Senator argues for physician-owned hospitals

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., teamed with Brian Miller, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, to pen a column for The Wall Street Journal calling for an end to the ban on physician-owned hospitals.

USPI to inject $250M into ASC acquisitions

 Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, will pump $250 million into ASC mergers and acquisitions, the company said Feb. 9 during its fourth-quarter earnings call transcribed by Seeking Al…

10K-square-foot medical office building listed for sale in New Jersey

A long-term leased 10,000-square-foot medical office building in East Windsor, N.J., has been listed for sale, according to a Feb. 17 report from roi-nj.com.

'A very troublesome expansion': How CVS Health's $10.6B acquisition could affect ASCs

CVS Health recently confirmed it will acquire primary care company Oak Street Health in an all-cash deal worth $10.6 billion.

3 ASC, outpatient closures to know

Here are three ASC and clinic closures to know since Jan. 30:

Capitol Pain Institute acquires 5-location pain management group

Capitol Pain Institute, a national pain management clinic and ASC network based in Austin, Texas, has acquired Bloomington, Ind.-based Wellspring Pain Solutions.

Is time running out for small ASCs?

Although the ASC industry remains fragmented, some leaders are worried about the viability of independent ASCs amid an increasingly consolidated healthcare landscape.