ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Here are five deals shaping the ASC industry that Becker's has reported on in 2024: 

A medical office building in Wellesley, Mass., has sold for $24.3 million, according to a June 21 report from ConnectCRE.

Tenet Healthcare's United Surgical Partners International is the largest ASC chain in the country both by centers and number of physicians. 

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health called off its planned $320 million acquisition of two North Carolina hospitals from Community Health Systems. 

After filing for bankruptcy in October, Rite Aid has since made several moves to close clinic locations and restructure leadership. 

Although the ASC industry is largely fragmented, big players like Tenet Healthcare, HCA Healthcare and Optum are chipping away at ownership as procedures migrate to the outpatient setting. 

Healthcare bankruptcies spiked in 2023 as debt levels and interest rates rose. 

The ASC industry went through a series of megamergers between 2015 and 2018 which reshaped the industry, according to VMG Health's 2024 Healthcare M&A Report published May 7. 

A medical office building in Chandler, Ariz., has sold for $7.3 million, according to a June 15 report from KTAR News.

Here are 10 of the large health systems who have inked deals to acquire hospitals so far in 2024: