Private equity groups have significantly expanded their footprint in healthcare and in the ASC industry over the last decade — and several states have responded with new, stricter regulations around corporate healthcare deals. Here is a look at three different…
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Charlotte, N.C.-based Flagship Healthcare Properties has acquired a fully leased ASC in Pensacola, Fla. The facility houses The Endoscopy Center and was built for Gastroenterology Associates of Pensacola, now part of Miami-based Gastro Health, according to a Dec. 1 news…
Private equity firms have become major players in the ASC industry through targeted acquisitions, platform building and strategic investments, according to an October report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project. 2016: Kelso & Company purchased PE GI Solutions (formerly known…
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners is one of the country’s largest ASC operators, with more than 200 centers across 33 states. In 2025, the company doubled down on high-acuity outpatient growth and recycled capital out of heavier hospital assets into de…
Charlotte, N.C.-based Flagship Healthcare Properties has acquired a fully leased ASC in Madison, Ala. The facility includes six operating rooms, six endoscopy procedure rooms and one pain procedure room. It was built in 2004 and expanded in 2023, according to…
Next Bio-Research Services, doing business as Next Molecular Analytics, has agreed to pay at least $758,000 to settle allegations it paid illegal kickbacks to physicians and marketers, according to a Dec. 4 Department of Justice news release. What happened?
Guthrie Broome Orthopedic and Spine Surgery Center, from Guthrie Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, N.Y., is almost complete and is set to open in February, according to a Dec. 19 news release. The orthopedic ASC will offer outpatient spine surgery, joint…
Greg DeConciliis, administrator of Boston Out-Patient Surgical Suites and president of Massachusetts Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, joined Becker’s to discuss his team’s data-first, payer-education approach to rate defense. Editor’s note: This interview was edited Question: How are you approaching…
Sioux Falls, N.D.-based Sanford Health has received a grant through a joint initiative between Pfizer and the American College of Cardiology to improve early detection and accurate diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis. Sanford was one of three recipients of the grant,…
Louisville, Colo.-based AdventHealth Avista has opened a new on-campus surgery center. The ASC originally opened in Boulder, Colo., in 2003, and was relocated to the Louisville campus, according to a Dec. 9 news release from AdventHealth. The last day of…