ASC chain AmSurg has undergone a metamorphosis in 2023.

Here are three major practice and care center closures on which Becker's reported in November:

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital has completed the $290 million purchase of Bravera Health properties in Citrus and Hernando from Community Health Systems, which include two ASCs, according to a Dec. 1 report from Health News Florida.

With a year filled with deals, partnerships and acquisitions, ASC chain Surgery Partners has been anything but passive in 2023. 

Atkins Companies has signed tenancy agreements with three medical practices at its West Orange, N.J.-based Washington Medical Arts Building, moving closer to filling its 70,000 square feet of space, according to a Nov. 29 report from NJBiz.

Healthcare Finance, a First Citizens Bank business, has helped facilitate two medical office building transactions totaling $99.3 million. 

Optum now has nearly 90,000 employed and affiliated physicians, CEO Amar Desai, MD, said during a presentation at UnitedHealth Group's 2023 investor conference on Nov. 29. 

A two-building medical office portfolio in Libertyville, Ill., has been acquired by an affiliate of Stage Equity Partners, according to a Nov. 29 report from Commercial Property Executive.

At the Becker's 29th Annual ASC Meeting: The Business and Operations of ASCs, Dana Jacoby, president and CEO of Vector Medical Group, and Gary Herschman, partner and co-chair of the healthcare transactions group at Epstein Becker & Green, discussed the consolidation in the healthcare industry, particularly in ASCs and physician groups.

From Optum acquisitions to a CMS rule, here are five major moves that shook up the ASC industry in 2023:

A 33,000-square-foot medical office building in Carmel, Ind., has been acquired by Echo Real Estate for an undisclosed price, according to a Nov. 22 report from REBusiness Online.

Here are three healthcare stories from the last week that ASC leaders should know:

ASC chains such as Tenet Healthcare's United Surgical Partners International and Optum's SCA Health are rapidly growing as the industry consolidates.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has acquired 507,237 square feet of medical office space in Washington, D.C., for $198 million, according to a Nov. 20 report from Commercial Property Executive. 

ASC expert group Avanza Healthcare Strategies laid out the growing relationship between hospitals and ASCs in its "Hospital Leadership ASC Survey."

Here are three healthcare real estate transactions totaling $73 million that Becker's has reported on since Oct. 30: 

Seven ASCs affiliated with AmSurg made Newsweek's "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers" list, which ranks 550 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.

The U.S. physician group market is valued at $292.3 billion in 2023 and is expected to hit $397.1 billion by 2030, according to a report from Fortune Business Insights.

Rush Oak Brook (Ill.) Medical Center was acquired by joint venture partners Remedy Medical Properties and Kayne Anderson Real Estate. 

A medical office building in Pikesville, Md., has been acquired for $34 million, according to a Nov. 14 report from the Baltimore Business Journal.