ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Envision Healthcare Corp. is selling its medical transportation subsidiary, American Medical Response, to portfolio company KKR, which will combine AMR with Air Medical Group Holdings.

Private equity firm KKR acquired Covenant Surgical Partners from previous owners and shareholders.

Here are four updates on ASC management companies from the past week.

Here is how four major, publicly traded ASC chains fared in the stock market for the week of July 31 to Aug. 4.

With Walla Walla (Wash.) General Hospital closing along with its outpatient clinics, Walla Walla Clinic has allocated more time and resources to providing healthcare to the community, according to the Union-Bulletin.

Lake Charles-based Christus Health Southwestern Louisiana entered into a joint venture with Prien, La.-based Imperiale Calcasieu Surgical Center.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based The Plastic Surgery Group is planning to move its headquarters to the Riverfront Commercial Center development, also in Chattanooga, the Chattanoogan reports.

Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital bought land for its new $141.7 million surgical center — Advanced Surgical Services, according to Atlanta Business Chronicle.

Orthopedics and ophthalmology are rocking the private equity market, peHUB reports.

Here are six recent ASC acquisitions and partnerships announced in July 2017.