ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are eight updates on ASC companies and industry-relevant companies to note:

Athens, Ga.-based EyeSouth Partners signed off on a strategic partnership with Marietta, Ga.-based Cobb Eye Center, expanding into the Marietta and northwest Atlanta markets.

Hospital and health system transactions slowed in the third quarter of 2018, after a record-breaking level of mergers and acquisitions in 2017, according to a Kaufman, Hall & Associates report.

Tarrant County Commissioners requested an $800 million bond to help fund $1.2 billion in projects for Fort Worth, Texas-based JPS Health Network, the Star-Telegram reports.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare (AmSurg) purchased Decatur (Ill.) Radiology Physicians.

Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group reported 12 percent year-over-year growth in revenues for the third quarter, reaching $56.6 billion, while Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Optum's revenues grew by $2.5 billion year-over-year to reach $25.4 billion.

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Surgical Specialists of Charlotte (N.C.) entered the Mint Hill area via the newly opened Mint Hill (N.C.) Medical Center, The Weekly Post reports.

Havertown, Pa.-based Crozer-Keystone Medical Office and Surgery Center and Mount Kisco, N.Y.-based Caremount Medical Imaging and Surgery Center sold for $34.4 million, New York Real Estate Journal reports. 

Montecito Medical Real Estate acquired the Willmar, Minn.-based medical office building housing Fischer Laser Eye Center and Janning Ear, Nose and Throat Center, Commercial Property Executive reports.