Here are five deals that show how health systems, corporate players and payer-backed platforms are competing within the physician workforce, often through acquisitions or deeper clinical integration. 1. Atrium Health + Carolina NeuroSurgery & Spine Associates Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolina NeuroSurgery…
ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues
IRA Capital has acquired a 24-property portfolio of medical facilities across 11 states. The portfolio was purchased from a publicly traded real estate investment trust and serves as the seed investment for a newly formed IRA-sponsored healthcare real estate venture.…
Becker’s reported on six Stark law cases in 2025: 1. New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital will pay $6.8 million to settle allegations that it improperly paid a Westchester, N.Y.-based oncology practice to induce referrals that were then billed to Medicare…
Charlotte, N.C.-based Flagship Healthcare Properties has broken ground on a 46,000-square-foot medical office building in Wesley Chapel, Fla. The facility, named Wiregrass Ranch Medical Pavilion I, will be anchored by Tampa-based Florida ENT & Allergy and is scheduled to open…
Independent practice is in decline across at least nine medical specialties due to hospital acquisitions, according to a report released by the Progressive Policy Institute in December 2025. The report evaluated 70 economic studies that analyzed the impacts of hospital…
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The consolidation of independent physician practices by hospitals and health systems continues to have potentially adverse effects on healthcare access, according to a report released by the Progressive Policy Institute in December 2025. The report evaluated 70 economic studies that…
From three-way joint ventures to system-scale acquisitions, here are five transactions from the last year that show where the industry could be headed. 1. Surgery Partners + Baylor Scott & White In December, Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners partnered with Dallas-based…
The Gray (Maine) Family Health Center will close March 6, according to a notice posted on the practice’s website. After March 6, patients can continue seeing their primary care provider at a new location or establish care with a different…
Birmingham, Ala.-based UAB Health System has acquired Southview Medical Group, an independent multispecialty physician practice. The deal, finalized Jan. 1, allows Southview to continue delivering high-quality care while gaining the stability and resources of an academic health system, according to…
The South has become the epicenter of ASC growth, and major operators are increasingly treating the region not as a secondary market but as the next strategic frontier. Steve Hockert, chief development officer of Solara Surgical Partners, told Becker’s the…