ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are three medical office building transactions totaling $37.2 million that Becker's has reported on since Dec. 5:

Following four years of negotiations, RWJBarnabas, the parent company of Long Branch, N.J.-based Monmouth Medical Center, has closed on an $8 million facility in Tinton Falls, N.J., that will house an ASC, according to a Dec. 20 report from App. 

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health and insurer Independence Blue Cross renewed their long-term contract to develop care in the region.

Here are the eight most interesting physician group deals this year:

A medical office building in Albuquerque, N.M., was acquired by real estate investment company OrbVest for $10.8 million, BizNews reported Dec. 15.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Montecito Medical has acquired a four-building medical office building portfolio totaling 32,000-square-feet with locations in eastern Indiana and western Ohio. 

CIT, a division of First Citizens Bank, provided $27.8 million for the joint venture acquisition of a medical office building portfolio with properties in Wichita, Kan.

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners and Deerfield, Ill.-based SCA Health are three of the biggest ASC chains in the country. 

Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group and parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, made six huge deals this year totaling more than $8 billion, focusing on physician groups and value-based care. 

Here are 10 numbers from Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare, according to financial results and the network's website: