ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

The ophthalmology market has "vast potential" because of its fundamental components, abundance of cash and relative independence from hospitals, according to PhysiciansFirst Healthcare Partners.

Anchor Health Properties closed an investment in the 89,000-square-foot La Ronde Medical Centre, an outpatient medical center in Sun City, Ariz.

Kapil Moza, MD, opened Centurion Surgical Center, a minimally invasive spine surgery and interventional pain management surgery center, in Agoura Hills, Calif.

Columbus-based OhioHealth opened outpatient care centers in Westerville, Ohio and Pickerington, Ohio, to lower patient costs and increase case volume, The Columbus Dispatch reports.

After reporting a drop in hospital operations revenue in the third quarter of 2018, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. closed the sale of three Chicago-area hospitals to Los Angeles-based Pipeline Health.

Lincoln City (Ore.) Eye Clinic moved to a new office in Lincoln City, Newport News Times reports.

  Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare CEO Sam Hazen said the current healthcare environment is presenting once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for the company to make sizeable acquisitions, according to the Nashville Business Journal.

Physician specialties such as gastroenterology, orthopedics and urology saw an uptick in private equity consolidation activity in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to Provident Healthcare Partners.

Stuart, Fla.-based Martin Health System is making progress on its outpatient facility development, according to SageGlass Regional Sales Manager Carl Newhouse.

Los Angeles-based Pipeline Health expanded into the Texas market by acquiring 22 freestanding emergency rooms, The Dallas News reports.