ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group reported diversified growth in the second quarter of 2019, with Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Optum revenues hitting $28 billion.

UnitedHealth's Optum has the attention of healthcare providers, insurers and consumers as the company continues to grow in non-traditional ways.

Carolina Center for Specialty Surgery gained conditional approval to add one operating room to its facility, for a total of three ORs, according to North Carolina health department documents.

Miami-based Eye Surgery Associates partnered with Dallas-based EyeCare Services Partners Management for an undisclosed amount July 15.

The Annapolis, Md.-based Anne Arundel Health System acquired Lanham, Md.-based Doctors’ Hospital Inc. July 1, forming the Greater Maryland Health System, according to the Capital Gazette.

Austin, Texas-based Spindletop Pain Management Holdings and San Antonio-based Tricity Pain Associates acquired Barnes Physical Therapy in San Antonio and rebranded as Phase Four Physiotherapy. 

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

Bay Area Oral Surgery Management acquired four surgery centers in California.

Here are four joint-venture ASCs opened or announced in June:

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is considering three certificate-of-need applications to address a shortage of six operating rooms, local ABC affiliate WWAY reports.