After years of courting ASCs, gastroenterology groups and ophthalmology groups, private equity has set its sights on cardiology, a high-acuity growth opportunity for ASCs. 

Private equity has weaved its way into ASCs, and healthcare experts don't expect it to go anywhere.

Here are five private equity updates to know since Nov. 22:

Private equity has made a name for itself in the ASC industry in recent years, and ASC leaders expect to see the trend continue.

Here are six private equity updates since Oct. 6 ASC leaders need to know:

Here are three stats on private equity's healthcare boom:

Five leaders joined Becker's to discuss private equity's influence in the ASC industry:

Here are five private equity updates since Sept. 21 that ASC leaders need to know:

Private equity firm Olympus Partners inked an agreement to acquire ophthalmology management services organization EyeSouth Partners.

Private equity firms are seeing increasing opportunity in ophthalmology firms, reflected in the increase in multimillion-dollar investments in the industry in recent years, Kaiser Health News reported Sept. 19. 

Here are five private equity moves to know since Sept. 2:

EyeSouth partners has completed an affiliation with Raleigh Ophthalmology, the organization's 31st affiliation, and its first in North Carolina, according to a Sept. 6 press release shared with Becker's. 

Here are five updates on private equity since Aug. 4 that ASC leaders need to know:

The number of private equity-backed healthcare deals has significantly declined in the first half of the year, according to findings from New York City-based consulting firm Oliver Wyman. 

While private equity investment can provide stable funding and allow practices to be innovative, it may be incompatible with physician practice ethics and sustainability, the American Medical Association wrote in a recent blog post. 

Six private equity updates for ASCs since July 18:

Washington, D.C., Arizona and New Jersey are the top three hot spots for private equity firms acquiring physician practices, according to a study published in JAMA Health Forum. 

Across six specialties, 4.9 percent of physicians worked in private equity-backed practices in 2019, according to a study published in JAMA Health Forum.

Increasing consolidation and COVID-19 have accelerated private equity's interest in ASCs. 

Here are four private equity updates since July 12 that ASC leaders should keep an eye on: