Becker's Healthcare August 25, 2022
The ASC industry, like the rest of the healthcare industry, is increasingly consolidating amid rising operating costs.
Established companies — including United Surgical Partners International, Surgery Partners, SCA Health and HCA Healthcare — have made big moves this year, acquiring more centers for their portfolio.
Here are nine moves to know:
1. HCA Healthcare acquired an interest in San Antonio-based Stone Oak Surgery Center, in collaboration with 11 physician partners.
2. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of SCA Health, acquired Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health’s 5 percent equity position in USPI to own 100 percent of the company’s voting shares.
3. Optum, parent company of USPI, received clearance to buy Auburndale, Mass.-based independent physician organization Atrius Health,...