Physician practice deals heated up in the first half of the year; private equity firms were the buyer in 63 percent of the second-quarter deals.
Here are six private equity deals involving ASCs:
1. PartnerCare, a portfolio company of private equity firm Shore Capital Partners, affiliated with MidSouth Pain Treatment Center.
2. Wabash, Ind.-based Midwest Eye Consultants entered a partnership with New York City-based private equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners to fund the eye group's continued growth.
3. A private equity group purchased a medical office building housing the Kingwood (Texas) Endoscopy Center for $5.7 million.
4. Private equity-backed, Oceanside, N.Y.-based OCLI Vision added Philadelphia-based Keystone Eye Associates to its network.
5. Private equity-backed Vision Innovation Partners acquired Northeastern Eye Institute.
6. Private equity firm IRA Capital acquired the Genesis Center for Digestive Health in Bettendorf, Iowa.