Orthopedic care is a high-demand target for private equity groups, PE Hub reported April 24, with the outpatient shift driving a significant portion of recent investment and growth. While there have been several large PE-backed orthopedic platforms created or acquired…
ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues
Orthopedics and plastic surgery have traded the top two spots in Medscape’s annual Physician Compensation Report every year since 2021, with orthopedics seeing compensation climb by more than $80,000 over that span. Orthopedic surgeons now command an average of $611,000…
The Federal Trade Commission has made several recent moves in the legal and regulatory space that will have a sustained impact on competition and development for ASCs. 1. FTC reaches preliminary settlement with U.S. Anesthesia Partners: The commission reached an…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare brought in more than $19 billion in first quarter revenues, an increase of 4.3%, according to the company’s April 24 financial report. Here are seven more financial notes:
Optum Health posted adjusted earnings of $1.3 billion in first-quarter 2026, ahead of analyst expectations, driven by what leaders called a return to “disciplined, integrated value-based care,” in an April 21 earnings call. The result follows significant restructuring across Optum’s…
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For the last 20 years, the consolidation of physician practices has been a growing phenomenon in healthcare. In 2024, just 42% of physicians worked in private practice, down from 60% in 2012. Nearly half (47%) were employed by or affiliated…
Community Health Systems and CPIhealth together announced four ASC acquisitions and openings in a single month, underscoring the accelerating pace of consolidation reshaping the ASC landscape. The deals are the latest sign of a broader shift underway across the ASC…
Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services and Atlas Healthcare Partners have formed a joint venture to develop and operate a network of ASCs across Minnesota and surrounding regions, according to an April 21 news release. The partnership combines Fairview’s clinical infrastructure as…
Optum, UnitedHealth Group’s healthcare services arm that includes ASC chain SCA Health, reported $63.7 billion in total revenue for the first quarter of 2026, roughly flat compared to $63.9 billion during the same period last year, according to the company’s…
St. Louis-based Ascension is poised to become one of the country’s biggest ASC operators, following its June 2025 bid to acquire ASC company AmSurg in a deal reportedly valued at approximately $3.9 billion. The system said it is “strengthening its…