Here are three medical office building transactions totaling $37.2 million that Becker's has reported on since Dec. 5:

Following four years of negotiations, RWJBarnabas, the parent company of Long Branch, N.J.-based Monmouth Medical Center, has closed on an $8 million facility in Tinton Falls, N.J., that will house an ASC, according to a Dec. 20 report from App. 

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health and insurer Independence Blue Cross renewed their long-term contract to develop care in the region.

Here are the eight most interesting physician group deals this year:

A medical office building in Albuquerque, N.M., was acquired by real estate investment company OrbVest for $10.8 million, BizNews reported Dec. 15.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Montecito Medical has acquired a four-building medical office building portfolio totaling 32,000-square-feet with locations in eastern Indiana and western Ohio. 

CIT, a division of First Citizens Bank, provided $27.8 million for the joint venture acquisition of a medical office building portfolio with properties in Wichita, Kan.

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners and Deerfield, Ill.-based SCA Health are three of the biggest ASC chains in the country. 

Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group and parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, made six huge deals this year totaling more than $8 billion, focusing on physician groups and value-based care. 

Here are 10 numbers from Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare, according to financial results and the network's website: 

Dallas-based Lincoln Advisors has acquired the Northwest Medical Center, a 149,202-square-foot, four-story medical office building in Atlanta, according to a Dec. 9 report from ConnectCRE.

Woodlake Medical Building, a 42,467-square-foot medical office building in Woodbury, Minn., has been acquired by Davis Healthcare Real Estate for $18 million, according to a Dec. 9 report from Commercial Property Executive.

Hospitals and health systems, like ASCs, are being affected by rising labor and supply costs while reimbursements remain low. 

MedCore Partners has been tasked by Healthcare Realty Trust with leasing five medical office buildings in the metro Dallas area. The buildings provide space for a variety of healthcare services, including surgery, oncology and orthopedics.

Here are eight ASC chains to know going into 2023:

Five major physician practice deals to know in 2022:

On November 1, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the CY 2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) payment system policy changes and payment rates final rule.

Family Health Care Centers of San Diego has purchased a medical office property from Magnolia Mar Properties for $8.4 million. The sale of the 25,916-square-foot space was negotiated by Pacific Coast Commercial.

An arbitration panel in Florida has ruled that UnitedHealthcare must pay a TeamHealth clinician group $10.8 million for alleged underpayments from 2017 to 2020. 

Here are 19 things to know about Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, the industry's largest ASC chain, going into 2023: