ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are three hospitals closing departments or ending services since Sept. 1:

In August, former Optum employees took to social media about a number of layoffs that allegedly occurred across the company.

Optum is the largest employer of physicians in the country, with 70,000 employed or aligned. 

Walmart is allegedly interested in purchasing majority ownership in ChenMed, a chain of primary care clinics, according to a report from Bloomberg. 

Here are four major physician group deals to know in 2023: 

A West Lake Hills, Texas-based physician-owned hospital, The Hospital at Westlake, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Consolidation can feel like a looming threat to the ASC industry, but the majority of surgery centers remain independent. 

Physician owners of medical real estate are often approached by firms that buy medical real estate. 

A medical office building near Bridgeport Hospital Milford (Conn.) Campus has sold for nearly $1 million, according to a Sept. 5 report from Hartford Business. 

Here are five statistics on the growth of ASC chains: