TidalHealth plans to close its primary care practice in Federalsburg, Md., on Nov. 15, WBOC reported Oct. 21. The practice opened as a private practice in 1995 before becoming part of the TidalHealth network, according to patients who spoke with…
ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues
Kenneth Skelton, MD, a pediatrician in Albertville, Ala., will retire and permanently close his practice on Dec. 5 after nearly 50 years of caring for children and families, according to an Oct. 6 Facebook post from the practice. Over five…
Conshohocken, Pa.-based Cencora has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fort Myers, Fla.-based American Oncology Network, a physician-led network of more than 350 oncology providers across 21 states, according to an Oct. 21 news release. The deal values AON at…
When NueHealth wanted to build an orthopedic ASC in Chicago’s southwest suburbs designed to take on financial risk for total joint replacement, Illinois law steered it away from building one from scratch. Illinois is one of 35 states, plus Washington,…
UnitedHealth Group is made up of 2,807 entities, according to the latest edition of the Sunlight Report. That includes 376 entities identified since the 2025 report. The report uses publicly available data to map the company’s corporate structure. Its earlier…
There were 105 transactions in the physician medical group sector during the third quarter of 2026, according to an Oct. 19 news release from Levin Associates. Here are six things to know:
Oswego, Ill.-based Kendall Pointe Surgery Center has completed a more than $3.5 million expansion that adds a fourth operating room and capacity for more than 1,000 additional orthopedic procedures annually, according to an Oct. 19 news release shared with Becker’s.…
Hospitals and health systems announced 16 transactions in the third quarter of 2026, representing $8.2 billion in total transacted revenue, according to Kaufman Hall’s Q3 2026 M&A report. Deal volume was on par with the third quarter of 2025. Here…
Between the ASC megadeals of 2026 and more traditional practice acquisitions, a set of smaller transactions is changing who owns ASCs and why. Over the past two months, a health plan has signed on as a co-owner of surgery centers,…
Some ASC leaders say a center that hasn’t renegotiated a payer contract in a decade can be a quick win, at least for a buyer with hospital-sized leverage. “I do like to acquire centers that haven’t negotiated their contracts in…
