Nashville, Tenn.-based Montecito Medical has acquired a four-property medical office building portfolio that is leased to several physician groups. The portfolio, which encompasses 86,135 square feet, is fully leased to Orthopedic Health of Kansas City, Kansas City Urology Care and…
ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues
Private equity-backed groups have been highly active in the ASC space over the last several years as outpatient care becomes a strategic imperative for healthcare organizations. Between 2019 and 2023, the share of independent physician practices owned by hospitals, health…
Corporate practice of medicine laws exist in most states to keep corporations and other non-physician entities from directing how doctors treat patients. But at a private equity investment roundtable hosted by George Washington University Law School’s Health Law and Policy…
Roughly a third of the nation’s rural hospitals — 720 in all — are at risk of closing, according to a report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. The findings begs a familiar question among ASC leaders:…
Orthopedic medtech company Think Surgical has secured up to $65 million in growth capital through a new debt facility. The facility provided an initial funded tranche of $25 million, with an additional $15 million based on achievement of certain milestones…
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Health systems, private equity, payers and physician-owned platforms are all acquiring outpatient assets simultaneously, and for different reasons. The physician medical group subsector captured a record 46% share of first-quarter 2026 healthcare deal volume, generating 2.9 times more transactions than…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Amsurg has added five endoscopy centers in North Carolina to its network. The 15 gastroenterologists and hepatologists across the five centers provide diagnostic and therapeutic care, colonoscopies, endoscopies and small bowel capsule imaging procedures, according to a July…
Outpatient real estate investor Montecito Medical has acquired a property in Waco, Texas, that is 100% occupied by GI Alliance. The 13,620-square-foot property also includes an ASC, according to a June 23 news release from Montecito Medical. GI Alliance supports…
Private equity has spent the last decade buying up gastroenterology practices, but according to one physician who has worked on both sides of that trade, the real risk isn’t the deal itself, it’s who ends up holding the wallet. Rajiv…
The ASC space has been rife with practice mergers, consolidation efforts and large-scale acquisitions in recent years as hospitals, health systems and private equity-backed groups look to make investments in the rapidly growing space. Leaders at independent practices are considering…