As an industry built on independent centers, the ASC market has remained fragmented amid increasing healthcare consolidation. 

Though healthcare consolidation has been on the upswing, not everyone views the trend favorably, according to the Medical Group Management Association's "Annual Regulatory Burden Report."

A portfolio of 11 medical office buildings has been acquired by GFH Financial Group, an investment bank in Bahrain, in a $400 million deal, thenationalnews.com reported Oct. 11.

A  63,000-square-foot medical office building in Clifton, N.J., has sold, NJ BIZ reported Sept. 22. 

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, a Tenet Healthcare subsidiary, is the largest ASC chain in the country. Here's what the company did in the third quarter:

Four medical office buildings have been sold since Sept. 26, totaling more than $66 million. 

Here are the biggest deals in the third quarter of 2022 that ASC leaders need to know:

Here are five healthcare updates from Amazon since Sept. 21. 

Here are five updates from Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente since Sept. 15:

A medical office building in the Long Island borough of New York City has been sold for $3.17 million.

Physician groups are increasingly consolidating – acquisitions jumped 145 percent in 2021, according to a report from VMG Health.  

Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield sold a medical office building in Clifton, N.J., for $16 million, roi-nj.com reported Sept. 30.

Private equity acquisitions of physician practices are associated with increased healthcare spending and utilization, according to research published in JAMA Network Sept. 2.

A&G Real Estate Partners is selling a portfolio of 11 medical office buildings located in three states.

As big healthcare companies, payers and investors turn to bundled payments, ASC chains are looking to value-based care systems in an effort to lower costs and improve care quality. 

John Kendrick, MD, sold the building housing the Springdale, Ark.-based Minimal Access Surgery Clinic for $2.6 million, Arkansas Business reported Sept. 26.

A medical office building in San Francisco was sold for $44.5 million, REBusiness reported Sept. 23. 

SMBC Leasing and Finance purchased a medical office building in Houston, Commercial Property Executive reported Sept. 22.

Montecito Medical has acquired a 49,500-square-foot medical office building in Flowood, Miss., which is 100 percent leased to Capital Ortho and its ASC. 

Healthcare giants like UnitedHealth Group, as well as nontraditional healthcare companies like CVS Health and Amazon, have made massive transactions in the last six months that point to an increasingly consolidated industry.