ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, ranked 215th on the 69th Fortune 500, released June 5. 

Cincinnati Children's Hospital has purchased a medical office building near its Avondale, Ohio-based campus for just under $2.2 million, according to a June 14 report from the Cincinnati Business Courier. 

Article was reposted with permission from ECG Management.  Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) have consistently been a source of strong merger and acquisition (M&A) deal activity over the last decade. As ASC management companies, health systems, and private equity (PE) firms…

A surgical company acquired a surgery center in Hackensack, N.J., for $3.7 million, roi-nj.com reported June 13.

Medical real estate investment firm Montecito Medical has acquired the Northway Surgery and Pain Center property in Halfmoon, N.Y., for $5.5 million, according to a June 13 report from the Albany Business Review.

 United Surgical Partners International and SCA Health rank No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, as ASC the companies with the most surgery centers.

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health has announced a reconfiguration plan that will expand its ASC presence in Western New York, according to a June 12 report from the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal.

The city of Knoxville, Tenn., has invested $70 million to convert a series of buildings into a new public safety complex. Part of the renovation will involve converting the 25,000-square-foot St. Mary's ASC into an urgent care and behavioral health…

ASC development is becoming increasingly lucrative for health systems and hospitals as more complex procedures move to the outpatient setting. 

Major ASC chain AmSurg owns about 4.3 percent of the market, with 256 ASCs nationwide based on a count from 2022. It recently reached a deal to purchase additional ASCs from its affiliate Envision Healthcare in the wake of Envision's…