ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Medical staffing company American Physician Partners has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. 

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Tenet Healthcare's surgery center arm, is the largest ASC chain in the country. 

Optum, the largest employer of physicians in the country, has secured several major deals in 2023. 

Several health systems are looking toward ASCs to make care more accessible and create avenues for cost-effective outpatient care.

An 18,000-square-foot medical office building in Florham Park, N.J., has been acquired by Desai Holdings for $4.62 million, according to a Sept. 14 report from ConnectCRE.

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: