ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Ten physician leaders joined Becker’s to discuss whether the independent model is breaking or just changing form. The answers were more nuanced than a simple obituary, but most agree the bar has become increasingly higher.  Editor’s note: Responses have been…

Physician practice consolidation showed no signs of slowing in the first quarter, with ophthalmology, radiology, and cardiovascular specialties drawing the heaviest dealmaking activity as acquirers pushed aggressively into the Sun Belt and mid-Atlantic markets. The move follows a trend of…

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners’ acquisition of Preferred Vascular Group reflects larger trends across the ASC landscape as companies race toward scale and specialization. The ASC industry is steadily expanding. According to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s annual report to Congress…

ASCs are entering 2026 with strong procedural demand and expanding clinical capabilities, but the financial picture is becoming far more complex. Rising labor and supply costs, tightening reimbursement and increasingly aggressive payer behavior are compressing margins across the outpatient landscape.…

Douglas Emmett, a real estate investment trust, has acquired an outpatient medical portfolio in Beverly Hills, Calif., for $260 million.  The 246,000-square-foot portfolio is currently 95% leased and serves more than 100 tenants, according to an April 14 news release…

From a multistate megamerger that would create a $26 billion nonprofit giant to a California system quietly adding a hospital, these are the five deals that have drawn the most attention so far this year: 1. Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Health…

Musculoskeletal care is facing a growing paradox: as demand rises and more procedures move into outpatient settings, it’s becoming harder, not easier, to get patients treated. A new wave of payer policies, from algorithm-driven prior authorization to reimbursement cuts and…

Austin, Texas-based CPIhealth has acquired Midwest Interventional Spine Specialists and Serenity Surgical Center.  Midwest Interventional Spine Specialists, which has clinic locations in Munster and Chesterton, Ind., is led by Shaun Kondamuri, MD, and Satish Dasari, MD. The surgery center is…

For the better part of two decades, consolidation has been a key part of healthcare, as private equity rolls up practices, health systems absorb independent physicians and physicians flock to the employed model.  Matt Mazurek, MD, assistant clinical professor of…

Laramar Group, a real estate investment company, has purchased a four-story medical outpatient building in Little Rock, Ark.  Kanis Medical Plaza is adjacent to Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock, an 827-bed hospital, according to an April 3 news release from…