Here are eight updates on ASC companies and industry-relevant companies to note:  By Eric Oliver - 10/23/18

Athens, Ga.-based EyeSouth Partners signed off on a strategic partnership with Marietta, Ga.-based Cobb Eye Center, expanding into the Marietta and northwest Atlanta markets.  By Eric Oliver - 10/22/18

Hospital and health system transactions slowed in the third quarter of 2018, after a record-breaking level of mergers and acquisitions in 2017, according to a Kaufman, Hall & Associates report.  By Angie Stewart - 10/19/18

Tarrant County Commissioners requested an $800 million bond to help fund $1.2 billion in projects for Fort Worth, Texas-based JPS Health Network, the Star-Telegram reports.  By Angie Stewart - 10/19/18

Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare (AmSurg) purchased Decatur (Ill.) Radiology Physicians.  By Eric Oliver - 10/18/18

Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group reported 12 percent year-over-year growth in revenues for the third quarter, reaching $56.6 billion, while Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Optum's revenues grew by $2.5 billion year-over-year to reach $25.4 billion.  By Angie Stewart - 10/18/18

Tony Kilgore, CEO of Surgical Care Affiliates, discusses the biggest challenges and best opportunities for the company going forward.  By Laura Dyrda - 10/18/18

Surgical Specialists of Charlotte (N.C.) entered the Mint Hill area via the newly opened Mint Hill (N.C.) Medical Center, The Weekly Post reports.  By Eric Oliver - 10/17/18

Havertown, Pa.-based Crozer-Keystone Medical Office and Surgery Center and Mount Kisco, N.Y.-based Caremount Medical Imaging and Surgery Center sold for $34.4 million, New York Real Estate Journal reports.   By Angie Stewart - 10/16/18

Montecito Medical Real Estate acquired the Willmar, Minn.-based medical office building housing Fischer Laser Eye Center and Janning Ear, Nose and Throat Center, Commercial Property Executive reports.  By Eric Oliver - 10/16/18

Anchor Health Properties acquired a 96,000-square-foot medical office building in Athens, Ga.  By Eric Oliver - 10/16/18

Here are updates on six ASC companies and industry-relevant companies and organizations to note:  By Eric Oliver - 10/16/18

Waukesha, Wis.-based ProHealth Care hopes to build a $55 million hospital with outpatient surgery at its Mukwonago, Wis., medical campus, gmtoday.com reports.  By Angie Stewart - 10/15/18

Over the last three to five years, ASC acquisition and investment activity has intensified. ASCs have been recognized by the public, insurance carriers and large self-insured corporations as a cost-effective, safe venue in which outpatient surgery procedures can be performed. A Medicare-certified ASC, accredited and licensed has in place safety procedures, infection control and other factors critical to the safe performance of surgical and diagnostic procedures. As a result, ASCs have become more commonly reimbursed by insurance payers and promoted by third party administrators to large corporations. ASCs offer a financially viable delivery system which is attractive to physician and financial investors as an investment opportunity to augment their income. Additionally, hospitals and health insurance companies have invested in ASCs to diversify their revenue streams and offer more cost-effective services making them more attractive to payers and consumers.  By Eric Oliver - 10/15/18

KKR completed its acquisition of Envision Healthcare.  By Rachel Popa - 10/12/18

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners plans to raise $115 million in incremental term loans to fund acquisition activity, according to an Oct. 11 SEC filing.  By Angie Stewart - 10/12/18

The ASC industry is in the midst of an acquisition and affiliation boom, but will it last?  By Eric Oliver - 10/11/18

Construction on Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Health System's campus in Grove City, Ohio, is expected to be complete in early 2019.  By Angie Stewart - 10/11/18

Three real estate development groups purchased the Round Hill Square Shopping Center, which is home to South Lake Tahoe, Calif.-based Barton Health Lake Tahoe Surgery Center, Tahoe Daily Tribune reports.  By Eric Oliver - 10/9/18

Wauwatosa-based Children's Hospital of Wisconsin is shifting its outpatient orthopedic services from Wauwatosa to Greenfield, Wis., BizTimes reports.  By Eric Oliver - 10/9/18