ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners is joining with ValueHealth to expand access to high-value surgical care.

Banner Health, a Phoenix-based health system, invested in surgery center development company Atlas Healthcare Partners.

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International and Nashville, Tenn.-based AmSurg rank No. 1 and No. 2 as  ASC companies with the most surgery centers.

A medical office building in Hanahan, S.C., sold for $8.2 million, the Post and Courier reported April 30. 

St. Louis-based SSM Health has acquired the SLUCare Physician Group, local NBC affiliate KSDK reported May 1. 

Steindler Orthopedic Clinic has sold the building housing its clinic in Iowa City, Iowa, for $11 million, Corridor Business Journal reported April 29. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare plans to acquire BetterMed, a Fredericksburg, Va.-based chain of 12 outpatient urgent care centers, Richmond BizSense reported April 28.

The Blair Building, a 35,000-square-foot medical office in Richmond, Va., has been acquired by Flagship Healthcare Trust, an outpatient healthcare real estate investment trust.

Here are four recent ASC and medical office building sales from the last two weeks that totaled nearly $45 million:

Newmark has sold the Cypress Surgery Center in Wichita, Kan., for $15.3 million, the real estate company said April 27.