ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Joe Peluso, administrator at Aestique Surgical Center in Greensburg, Pa., joined Becker's to discuss market trends affecting success in ASCs, particularly independent organizations.

Harrison-based North Arkansas Regional Medical Center plans to close two clinics and an urgent care center, KY3 reported Dec. 1. 

Surgery Partners entered a joint venture with Nevada Surgical Suites.

Some ASCs are having to forgo independence, looking to hospital and management company partnerships to handle skyrocketing operating costs.

Here is a look at how Dallas-based ASC-operating behemoth United Surgical Partners International has performed financially in 2023 thus far:

Orlando Health has purchased property in Lake Mary, Fla., near its upcoming hospital to construct a 28,000-square-foot medical office building, according to a Dec. 9 report from the Orlando Business Journal.

Optum, the largest employer of physicians in the country, has doubled down on its physician acquisition strategy in 2023. 

A handful of ASCs have changed hands in 2023, due to factors including health system bankruptcy filings. 

CVS Health, one of the country's largest employers of physicians, has rebranded its healthcare delivery services.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, one of the country's largest operators of ASCs, is on a spending spree – inking three deals in the last week.