Physician-owned ASCs often have a difficult time competing with the influx of health systems or hospital-affiliated ASCs, according to one executive. 

Clearway Pain Solutions in Annapolis, Md., has added Montgomery, Ala.-based the Center for Pain and its five physicians, to the platform, Clearway said June 30.

In 2021, Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners plans to execute on over $400 million of transactions.

Hospitals owned just over a quarter of U.S. physician practices by January 2021, according to a June 29 report from Avalere.

Towson, Md.-based SurgCenter Development unloaded 45 ASCs to United Surgical Partners International in a $1.1 billion deal Dec. 10, but the company has announced plans to develop two ASCs since Jan. 1. 

Physician groups are beginning to recover from productivity and revenue losses during the pandemic, according to the June 28 Kaufman Hall "Physician Flash Report."

As Medicare reimbursements shift in the next two to four years, some ASC executives are concerned about how ASCs can remain profitable amid inflation. 

An ASC and medical office building in Wauwatosa, Wis., was sold for $3 million, Milwaukee Business Journal reported June 22.

A medical office building with an ASC in Palm Springs, Fla., was sold for $5M, according to a LinkedIn post. 

Here are six medical office building deals including ASCs that cost at least $10 million announced this year:

HCA Healthcare, Surgery Partners and SurgCenter Development are three large ASC chains with national footprints.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Montecito Medical Real Estate specializes in acquiring medical office properties valued between $4 million and $150 million.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare sold five of its hospitals in Florida but kept its ASCs, according to a June 16 news release. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Montecito Medical acquired two orthopedic medical office buildings, one with an ASC, in Fairfield and Shelton, Conn., according to a June 17 email. 

Partnerships with hospitals have been part of some ASC chains' growth strategy for years, while others just began forging relationships with larger entities in the last few years.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Montecito Medical Real Estate has acquired a medical office property in Richmond, Va., for $32.5 million.

Healthcare real estate company Anchor Health Properties recently acquired an Englewood, N.J.-based medical office building where the Patient Care Associates surgery center is housed, according to a June 14 press release.

Southlake, Texas-based Retina Consultants of America recently welcomed its 11th practice, Retina Consultants of San Antonio.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners reported a successful first quarter of the year and made big moves in the last three months to prepare for the future.

Becker's ASC Review has reported on three ASC acquisitions in the past month: