ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

St. Louis-based Ascension, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems, is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Nashville, Tenn.-based ASC chain AmSurg in a deal valued at approximately $3.9 billion, according to Bloomberg. AmSurg, which operates more than 250…

Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare will acquire five outpatient centers from Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health. The five centers are all located in Pennsylvania — two facilities in Glen Mills, one in Havertown, one in Broomall and one in Media —,according to a…

In May 2025, Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in less than two years, announcing plans to sell “substantially all” of its assets.CEO Matt Schroeder attributed the move to mounting financial pressures and rapid transformations…

Hospital ownership of ASCs has evolved from a trend to an established facet of the industry in recent years.  Here are 10 notes on the growing bond between ASCs and hospitals in 2025: 1. Ninety percent of hospitals and health…

Here are six updates to know on Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, as reported by Becker’s so far in 2025:

Hospital ownership of ASCs has become the standard, and “delaying action is neither a viable option nor a strategic choice,” according to Avanza’s Intelligence Hospital Leadership ASC Survey. Here are five more key trends to know : 1. Ninety percent…

A fully leased medical office building in Salem, Ore., housing Willamette ENT and River Road Surgery Center, an affiliate of Nashville, Tenn.-based AmSurg, has sold.  The 22,000-square-foot facility houses the region’s only comprehensive ENT provider, as well as the River…

HCA Healthcare has purchased a medical office building in Thousand Oaks, Calif., for $70 million, according to a May 19 report from the Los Angeles Times. The 85,731-square-foot facility was sold by commercial real estate company Amoroso Cos.  The property…

Benjamin Stein, MD, an independent orthopedic surgeon and co-founder and chairman of Capital Surgical Solutions, joined Becker’s to share his perspective on the evolving ASC landscape.  As a leader of a surgeon-majority-owned development group, Dr. Stein shared how a new…

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners quietly expanded its footprint in ophthalmology through an acquisition of Dallas-based Key-Whitman Eye Center, executives said during the company’s May 13 earnings call.  Here are four key takeaways: 1. Surgery Partners CFO David Doherty described the…