ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Optum reported a 13.9 percent increase in third-quarter revenue in its third-quarter results released Oct. 14. 

Here are three pivotal transactions and what they mean for the ASC industry at large:

A medical condo in Mesa, Ariz., was sold for nearly $2 million, with plans to convert the facility into an ASC. 

Investment group NAI Partners sold an ASC in Marble Falls, Texas, for $7 million, Ryan McCullough, the company's senior vice president, said Oct. 13. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing financial challenges for healthcare providers, leaving some to file for bankruptcy since the pandemic's onset. 

Healthcare Real Estate Advisors sold an ASC in Odessa, Fla., the company said Oct. 13.

A medical office building in Chesterfield, Mo., housing the Pepose Vision Institute and MidAmerica Surgery Center has been acquired by Bain Capital Real Estate and Evergreen Medical Properties, the St. Louis Business Journal reported Oct. 11.

Surgery Center Services of America has completed the demolition needed for its gastroenterology ASC in Miami, CEO Philip Blair said Oct. 12. 

A medical office building housing an ASC in Aventura, Fla., was sold for $16 million, South Florida Business Journal reported Oct. 13. 

Private equity firm IRA Capital acquired the property housing Beaumont, Texas-based Digestive Disease Institute, RE Journals reported Oct. 8.