Optum is speaking with multiple large New York health systems to sell some specialties in the state, the company confirmed to Becker’s June 24. The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary is considering the sale of certain specialties, including orthopedics, general surgery and…
Transactions & Valuation Issues
Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota, Fairview Health Services and University of Minnesota Physicians have finalized agreements that will shape the next 10 years of the organizations’ partnerships. The deal comes after months of negotiations in the wake of what some physicians…
As independent practices struggle to keep pace with consolidation, a contingent of physicians is responding with an entrepreneurial turn. Between 2012 and 2024, the share of physicians in private practice fell by nearly 20 percentage points from 60.1% to 42.2%,…
Here are seven hospitals and health systems laying off employees in the month of May, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Providence, R.I.-based Care New England laid off more than 30 leadership and nonclinical roles systemwide due to restructuring and financial…
Matthews, a commercial real estate investment services and technology firm, facilitated the sale-leaseback of a nine-property medical office portfolio across Atlanta and northern Georgia. Moreover, the firm said the deal marked the highest sale price for a privately owned medical…
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare is expanding its ambulatory surgery center footprint, and has deployed $125 million in the first quarter of 2026 to acquire seven ASCs, representing half of its $250 million annual mergers and acquisition target for United Surgical Partners…
Maury Regional Medical Group added Middle Tennessee Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists to its physician network, according to an April press release. The practice will operate as MRMG Ear, Nose & Throat and includes Shaun Corbin, MD, and Stephen Parey,…
Court proceedings are underway in the first lawsuit involving Oregon’s new healthcare consolidation law. The case is related to a staffing contract switch involving Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth, Eugene (Ore.) Emergency Physicians and Atlanta-based ApolloMD, Lookout Eugene-Springfield reported April 27. Eugene…
Becker’s reported on seven physician practice and group acquisitions in February as healthcare continues to shift away from independent practice and towards system or investor-backed ownership. Here are seven physician practice deals during the month of February: 1. Dermatology Partners…
Cleveland-based Woodside Health has acquired Greenfield Medical Office Building, a 29,828-square-foot outpatient facility in Gilbert, Ariz., near Phoenix, according to a March 3 Commercial Property Executive report. The single-story property was fully leased at the time of sale and marks…
