ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are seven hospitals Becker’s has reported on shuttering services in the last month: 1. Hartford-based Connecticut Children’s filed a certificate of need to close an inpatient unit operating at St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury. The system linked the decision…

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners has revised its full-year 2025 guidance downward to $3.275 billion to $3.3 billion in revenue and $535 million to $540 million in adjusted EBITDA, CEO Eric Evans said in a Nov. 10 earnings call transcribed by…

Health systems, physician groups and payers are merging into increasingly large and complex corporate structures, KFF Health News reported Nov. 10.  This has been a significant factor in the ever-increasing price of healthcare for consumers and created an “era of…

Ascension’s recent bid to acquire AmSurg marks a defining moment in its shift toward outpatient care, a move leaders say is central to its future growth strategy. The transaction, reportedly valued at $3.9 billion and expected to close in late…

Brentwood, Tenn.-based ASC chain Surgery Partners’ third-quarter revenue rose 6.6% year over year, reaching $821.5 million, according to an earnings report released Nov. 10. Here are eight more things to know: 1. Adjusted EBITDA increased 6.1% to $136.4 million for…

UnitedHealthcare pays Optum physicians 17% more than comparable non-Optum physicians, a November study published in Health Affairs found. The study used CMS Payer Price Transparency data, analyzing 385,434 price observations across 21,458 physician practices in 28 U.S. metropolitan areas.  Here…

An SCA Health property in Alabama has been acquired by Four Corners Property Trust for $3.9 million.  The property is corporate-operated under a triple net lease with about four years of term remaining, according to a Nov. 5 news release…

Mediplex Property Group has purchased a healthcare facility anchored by an ASC operated by Surgery Partners.  The 28,127-square-foot property is located in West Chester, Pa., according to a Nov. 5 news release from MPG Acquisitions.  Surgery Partners manages the MUVE-West…

Here are eight physician groups, outpatient centers and ASCs that were acquired in October, as reported by Becker’s.  Note: This list is not exhaustive. 

Bernadette Purser, senior administrator of ambulatory surgery at VCU Health, and Sheldon Barr, president of VCU Community Memorial Hospital, joined Becker’s to discuss how the health system is expanding access to care through a strategic, data-driven ASC network. Editor’s note:…