Here are five ASCs in California that have been acquired or announced within the last three months, as reported by Becker's since March 5:
1. Greenbrae, Calif.-based MarinHealth Medical Center and San Francisco-based UCSF Health partnered to purchase equity stakes in San Rafael, Calif.-based Marin Specialty Surgery Center from ASC management company SCA Health.
2. Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health broke ground on an outpatient center that will house an ASC, medical offices and a brain health center.
3. UCLA Health acquired West Hills Hospital and Medical Center, which includes a freestanding ASC, from HCA Healthcare.
4. Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente opened its first ASC, the Antelope Valley Surgery Center in Lancaster, Calif.
5. Palomar Health opened an ASC in partnership with Deerfield, Ill.-based ASC operator SCA Health in Escondido, Calif.