In the last few years, Walgreens Boots Alliance has shifted its focus from retail pharmacies to physicians. 

A third of hospital revenue is shifting to ASCs, office-based labs and other outpatient sites, according to JLL's "Healthcare and Medical Office Perspective" report.

Verax Daniels, an entity related to Verax Investments owned by Orlando-based neurosurgeon Ravi Gandhi, MD, and urologist Javier Miller, MD, has acquired 3.6 acres of vacant property in Winter Garden, Fla., for $1.8 million, its seventh medical office building-related acquisition in the last year, according to a Feb. 22 report from the Orlando Business Journal. 

A 3,400-square-foot medical office building in Hamilton, N.J., has been sold by Fennelly Associates, according to a Feb. 22 report from roi-nj.com.

Amazon completed its $3.9 billion acquisition of primary care company One Medical. 

A medical office building in Erie, Colo., was acquired by a private real estate company for $5.6 million, REBusiness Online reported Feb. 21.

UnitedHealth Group closed the multimillion-dollar deal to acquire home health and hospice company LHC Group Feb. 22, according to an SEC filing.

Private equity firm Shore Capital Partners made 61 healthcare-related deals in 2022, according to investment data company PitchBook.

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and Deerfield, Ill.-based SCA Health are three of the largest ASC operators in the country. 

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., teamed with Brian Miller, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, to pen a column for The Wall Street Journal calling for an end to the ban on physician-owned hospitals.

 Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, will pump $250 million into ASC mergers and acquisitions, the company said Feb. 9 during its fourth-quarter earnings call transcribed by Seeking Alpha.

A long-term leased 10,000-square-foot medical office building in East Windsor, N.J., has been listed for sale, according to a Feb. 17 report from roi-nj.com.

CVS Health recently confirmed it will acquire primary care company Oak Street Health in an all-cash deal worth $10.6 billion.

Here are three ASC and clinic closures to know since Jan. 30:

Capitol Pain Institute, a national pain management clinic and ASC network based in Austin, Texas, has acquired Bloomington, Ind.-based Wellspring Pain Solutions.

Although the ASC industry remains fragmented, some leaders are worried about the viability of independent ASCs amid an increasingly consolidated healthcare landscape. 

ASCs striving for growth should perform three essential processes — benchmarking, monitoring and auditing — often in conjunction with one another. Internal benchmarking helps an ASC determine whether it’s achieving its targeted levels of growth. External benchmarking helps an ASC determine whether its performance is in line with, below or exceeding similar surgery centers. Monitoring performance and growth efforts helps an ASC more quickly identify any undesirable changes that can slow or even reverse growth. Auditing an ASC’s performance, including key performance indicators, helps paint a clearer picture of exactly how well the center is performing and growing. A good audit will pinpoint areas for potential improvement.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, announced it would acquire SurgCenter Development and its more than 90 ASCs for approximately $1.2 billion in November 2021.  

Alejandro Fernandez, CEO of Synergy Orthopedic Specialists in San Diego, recently spoke with Becker's to discuss the ASC consolidation trends he is monitoring. 

Two Waterbury, Conn.-based real estate investors have purchased a 13,871-square-foot medical office building in Torrington, Conn., for $2.47 million, according to a Feb. 13 report from the Hartford Business Journal.