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:

MetroDerm has partnered with United Derm Partners, a private equity-backed dermatology platform and portfolio company of Frazier Healthcare Partners.

Here are five private equity updates since June 21:

Increasingly, private equity (PE) investors see physician practice management (PPM) and ASCs as attractive investment opportunities. This is because ASCs are well positioned to capitalize on some of the most important trends in healthcare, such as value-based care (VBC).

An affiliate of Capitol Pain Institute, an interventional pain management provider, and Iron Path Capital, a private equity firm, partnered to create a physician-led consolidation platform.

Four updates from private equity companies from the last 14 days:

The Federal Trade Commission has taken aim against a private-equity firms' healthcare deal in a move regulators say could spell trouble for other healthcare agreements the agency deems anticompetitive,  The Wall Street Journal reported recently.

Private equity company Excelsior Capital has acquired a medical office building in Kansas City, Kan., for $7 million, the company said June 15.