1. Optum’s ASC arm, SCA Health, and private equity firm TPG are reportedly among the potential buyers of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners, the third-largest ASC operator in the U.S. that oversees more than 160 centers and 4,600 affiliated physicians. Surgery Partners merged with National Surgical Healthcare in 2017, and Bain Capital later acquired a stake from H.I.G. Capital.
2. Surgery Partners and Leakwood, Kan.-based ValueHealth completed a new ASC in The Villages, Fla., in October. The ASC will offer cardiology, urology, orthopedics, gynecology, gastroenterology, podiatry and other specialty services.
3. Fort-Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health entered into an agreement with Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners to develop ASC ventures across Indiana.
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