ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare reported increases in outpatient surgery cases during the third quarter ending Sept. 30. 

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare, reported year-over-year revenue gains in the third quarter ending Sept. 30. 

A Nashville, Tenn., medical office building housing an oral and facial surgery center sold for $8 million, according to an Oct. 21 report in the Nashville Post.

ValueHealth acquired the Surgery Center of Lancaster (Pa.), the company said Oct. 19 in a news release. 

Wabash, Ind.-based eye care chain Midwest Eye Consultants has secured investment from New York City-based private equity investment firm Sentinel Capital Partners, according to a news release.

A Washington, D.C.-based real estate investment company acquired 10 properties from the Department of Veterans Affairs, including ASCs, for $635.6 million through a joint venture, Easterly Government Properties said Oct. 13. 

A Nashville, Tenn.medical office building housing Southern Endoscopy Center, a gastroenterology ASC, has sold for $8.65 million, according to The Nashville Post.

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.