ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Optum, the parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, announced plans to acquire bankrupt Dallas-based Steward Health Care's physician group, Stewardship Health, in March. 

Surgery Partners' National Group President Bradley Owens sold 6,000 shares of the company's common stock, according to a May 31 Securities and Exchange Commission filing. 

Here are seven medical office building deals that total more than $121 million that Becker's has reported on since May 1:

Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC giant United Surgical Partners International, is one step closer to securing a 30-year lease for the 387-bed Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif., the Desert Sun reported.

A 130,000-square-foot medical office building in Austin, Texas, has been acquired by Stockdale Capital Partners, according to a May 29 report from Commercial Property Executive.

Sila Realty Trust recently acquired a medical outpatient building in Reading, Pa., for $10.5 million.

Optum has spent $31 billion on acquisitions in the last two years, The Oregonian reported May 13. 

A Jacksonville, Fla.-based medical office building has sold for $12.05 million, according to a May 28 report from Jacksonville Business Journal.

A 10-story medical office building in Boston has been acquired for $36.4 million; substantially less than it was sold for just three years ago, according to a May 28 report from the Boston Business Journal. 

ASCA is opposed to the Federal Trade Commission's "Non-Compete Clause Rule," which will ban noncompete agreements Sept. 4, according to an article written in ASC Focus.