ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

EyeSouth Partners gained its 25th practice affiliation with the addition of the Eye Center of St. Augustine (Fla.) to its network.

A roundup of ASC purchases making news this month:

Envision Healthcare is requiring employees to be fully vaccinated by Nov. 1. 

Cigna and Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of United Surgical Partners International, inked a multiyear contract building on their continued relationship. 

DuPage Medical Group in Downers Grove, Ill., will make a strategic investment in a Quincy, Ill.-based physician group to expand a partnership between the two organizations, the organization announced Sept. 3.

Two affiliates of Montecito Medical Real Estate sold a two-story medical office building in Weston, Fla. for $17.2 million, The Real Deal reported Sept. 2.

Frisco, Colo.-based Vail-Summit Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery has acquired an orthopedic practice and its ASC, Summit Daily reported Sept. 2. 

The value ASCs bring to the healthcare system is undeniable, and buyers are watching.

A private equity group has purchased a medical office building housing the Kingwood (Texas) Endoscopy Center for $5.7 million, according to real estate brokerage firm HG Real Estate Partners. 

Property housing the Chandler, Ariz.-based Sonoran Desert Surgery Center was sold for $5.4 million.