The Justice Department paved the way to more closely scrutinize healthcare mergers, acquisitions and collaborations by withdrawing three antitrust policy statements.

Marble Falls, Texas-based Hill Country Memorial Surgery Center will close March 31, DailyTrib.com reported Feb. 7. 

Texas, one of the best states to open an ASC, has had six major ASC updates since Jan. 10:

AEG Vision has completed 55 add-on acquisitions since 2020, according to data company PitchBook's "Healthcare Services Report" for the fourth quarter of 2022.

Amazon reported its first unprofitable report in nine years with a loss of $2.7 billion for 2022. 

A family trust has purchased a 8,770-square-foot medical office building in Evans, Ga., according to a Feb. 3 report from ConnectCRE.

Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health is closing five outpatient clinics. 

More than 100 healthcare CFOs laid out healthcare's top financial threats in the "2023 BDO Healthcare CFO Outlook Survey."

Enhancing digital capabilities and expanding into new market segments are some of healthcare CFOs' top merger and acquisition priorities for 2023, according to the "2023 BDO Healthcare CFO Outlook Survey."

Here are four healthcare deals ASC leaders should know that Becker's has reported since Jan. 3:

Although the number of outpatient surgery cases performed at facilities run by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare decreased in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to 2021, the company is optimistic about its ambulatory network. 

CFOs are aiming to reduce investment in ASCs, according to the "2023 BDO Healthcare CFO Outlook Survey." 

High-acuity procedures shifting to the ASC setting continued in 2022, according to VMG Health's "ASCs in 2022: A Year in Review" report released Jan. 26.

American Pain Consortium, a network of interventional pain management practices and pain-focused ASCs, has acquired the Indiana Pain Centers Evansville surgery center. 

While the ASC industry remains largely fragmented, the industry is slowly consolidating, according to a Jan. 26 report from VMG Health. 

HCA Healthcare had $60.233 billion in revenue for 2022, an increase from $58.752 billion in 2021, according to its Jan. 27 financial and operating report.

Here are four medical office building acquisitions totaling $310.85 million that Becker's has reported on since Jan. 11: 

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International's number of ASCs has grown by 116 percent since 2011, according to a Jan. 23 report from VMG Health. 

Both large ASC groups and individual ASCs continued to grow in 2022, according to a Jan. 23 report from VMG Health. 

VillageMD, a company majority owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance, acquired Dallas Internal Medicine and Geriatrics Specialists just weeks after finalizing a $8.9 billion acquisition.