ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, Deerfield, Ill.-based SCA Health and Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners are four of the largest ASC operators in the country. 

A medical office building in Upper Macungie Township, Pa., was sold for $69.58 million, The Morning Call reported March 1.

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, the largest ASC chain in the U.S. and subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare, employs more than 11,000 physicians. 

Here are 15 fast facts on the country's three biggest ASC chains:

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Ground has been broken on a 60,000-square-foot medical office building — the Frisco Medical Pavilion II, in Frisco, Texas, according to a Feb. 23 report from REJournals.

Major healthcare transactions have ramped up in recent weeks with companies like Optum, Amazon and CVS Health making or announcing multimillion-dollar acquisitions. 

An ASC in Houston was purchased by a group of local physicians and medical professionals, REjournals reported Feb. 23.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is heavily expanding its outpatient portfolio to increase market share, CEO Michael Dowling told Becker's Hospital Review.

In the last few years, Walgreens Boots Alliance has shifted its focus from retail pharmacies to physicians.