UnitedHealth doubling down on Optum & more — 8 ASC company key notes

Here are eight updates on ASC companies and industry-relevant companies to note.

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Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group CEO David Wichmann suggested the company is poised to further expand Optum’s ambulatory platform during the company’s first quarter earnings call.

Towson, Md.-based SurgCenter Development served as the developmental partner in Advanced Surgical Care of Boerne’s newly opened surgery center in Boerne, Texas.

At Becker’s Hospital Review’s 9th Annual Meeting, April 11 to April 14 in Chicago, Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health CEO Chris Bishop said big retailers like Walmart and Amazon are poised to make a huge impact on healthcare in the next five years and highlighted the industry’s rapid transition to value-based care.

Nashville, Tenn.-based AmSurg affiliate Kendall Endoscopy Center in Miami created a cake in honor of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.

California-based private equity firm IRA Capital purchased a 40,000-square-foot medical office condominium building in Illinois and converted it into a medical office building.

Melville, N.Y.-based A&G Realty Partners developed a healthcare real estate holding division.

Becker’s ASC Review profiled Lakewood, Colo.-based Pinnacle III and Raleigh, N.C.-based Compass Surgical Partners.

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