Here are four private equity updates since April 24 that ASC leaders need to know:
1. Ten private-equity backed giants control over 300 ophthalmology practices nationwide, having a major hand in the industry. Here are the 10 largest private equity companies in ophthalmology.
2. Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare, a physician services company and ambulatory surgery center operator, filed for bankruptcy almost five years after a private equity firm acquired it for $9.9 billion and took the company private.
3. Private equity has seen a huge growth opportunity in the ASC industry and the specialties the facilities offer, including gastroenterology and ophthalmology. Here are 10 major ASC-related organizations that are backed by private equity.
4. A report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project found that of the 386 hospitals owned by private equity groups, 34 percent serve rural populations.