ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Private equity firm Investcorp acquired Uniondale, N.Y.-based Health Plus Management.

A 12,500-square-foot medical block is available for lease at Woodburn Medical Park in Annandale, Va., according to Gittleson Zuppas Medical Realty.

Provident Healthcare Partners Analyst Robert Aprill told Becker's ASC Review what to expect from private equity groups in 2019, as well as which sectors will set the tone for consolidation.

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

Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer Center is developing a 260,000-square-foot outpatient center in Katy, Texas, Community Impact reports.

Fairmont, W.Va.-based Valley Health System and East Mountain Health Physicians partnered to build a 40,000-square-foot ambulatory care center in Winchester, W.Va., The Journal reports.

We are seeing significant interest in surgery center M&A from the buyer community based on new criteria. For many years we saw buying almost exclusively by national ASC management companies that would partner with independent physicians who had created significant…

Norfolk-based Virginia Eye Consultants, a multi-specialty practice with 11 ophthalmologists and six optometrists, joined Cincinnati-based CEI Vision Partners.

The number of ophthalmology practice and surgery center acquisitions by private equity firms continued surging in 2018, with eight new players entering the market through October 2018, according to PhysiciansFirst Healthcare Partners.

To preserve competition, federal antitrust agencies may require parties to divest certain assets before allowing a merger, according to law firm Epstein Becker Green.