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ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

CVS Health, one of the biggest players in the battle to acquire physicians, is facing a possible split amid major financial struggles. 

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Dallas-based Steward Health Care, a for-profit health system, has been facing financial difficulties and controversies since it sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection May 6 and is now working to sell its 31 hospitals.

Escondido, Calif.-based North County Oral & Facial Surgery Center has sold for $6.15 million, according to an Oct. 7 report from ConnectCRE.

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth is planning to acquire four medical clinics from Renton, Wash.-based Providence, according to an Oct. 3 report from The Columbian.

The number of physicians running independent practices is steadily declining amid a growing gap between reimbursements and the escalating costs of maintaining these practices. 

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