ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

UnitedHealth Group's Optum has agreed to merge with Amedisys, a home health and hospice provider.

A 22,700-square-foot North Haven, Conn.-based medical office building has sold for $1.5 million, according to a June 23 report from the Hartford Business Journal.

Here are five ASC chains that have grown their footprint so far in 2023:

Optum, parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, and Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, have made big moves in the last year, continuing their consolidation of physicians and ASCs. 

 Recent comments from UnitedHealth and Humana suggest medical costs could rise from delayed elective surgeries, which could be good news for ASCs, ALM Benefits Pro reported June 20. 

Here are three major ASC deals in 2023:

Ambulatory infusion services provider Vivo Infusion has acquired Specialty Infusion, an industry leader with 14 ambulatory infusion centers in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. 

Here are eight moves from Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente that Becker's has reported on since April 26:

The Medical Center of Tomball (Texas) has been purchased for $24.6 million, according to a June 15 report from ConnectCRE.

Here is where five major ASC chains are focused on growth in 2023, ordered by number of ASCs: