ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Walmart Health announced April 30 that it is closing all 51 of its clinics and shutting down its virtual care options.

A Mercy Health medical office building in St. Peters, Mo., has sold for $3.8 million, according to a June 13 report from REBusiness Online.

Here are five ASCs in California that have been acquired or announced within the last three months, as reported by Becker's since March 5:

A two-story, 6,000-square-foot medical office building in Teaneck, N.J., has sold, according to a June 11 report from roi-nj.com. 

Optum, parent company of SCA Health, and Tenet Healthcare, parent company of United Surgical Partners International, have made big moves in the last year, continuing their consolidation of both physicians and ASCs. 

Optum, parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, has announced it's shuttering services, selling its settlement solutions business and closing a clinic. 

A 36,338-square-foot medical office building in Novi, Mich., has sold for $9.3 million, according to a June 7 report from REBusiness Online.

United Surgical Partners International and SCA Health rank No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, as ASC companies with the most centers.

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.