Optum Buys Holston Medical Group in Tennessee
Optum has bought another physician group, this time in Tennessee. The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary acquired Holston Medical Group, a multi-specialty practice based in Kingsport, Tennessee. It provides primary care, pediatrics, women’s health, urgent care and outpatient diagnostic care services. The group has more than 70 locations in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. According to its website, the practice employs more than 200 physicians. No terms were disclosed. This deal isn’t the first for Optum in the physician space; after all, Optum is one of the companies that spearheaded the trend of putting payor and provider under one umbrella. Its most recent deal was for... Read More »
Southern Orthodontic Partners Acquires TC Orthodontics
Southern Orthodontic Partners (SOP), a portfolio company of Shore Capital Partners, announced on August 13 that it acquired TC Orthodontics. TC Orthodontics is based in seven locations in the Minneapolis MSA. According to its website, the practice is run by a team of seven orthodontists. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, SOP works with orthodontic practices to provide expertise in finance, marketing, recruiting, benefits and other practice administration to allow orthodontists to focus on patient care. This marks SOP’s third transaction of 2025. The financial terms were not disclosed. According to data in the LevinPro HC database, this transaction... Read More »
Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center Acquires Mississippi Practice
Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center (MSMOC) announced its acquisition of Oxford Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine for an undisclosed price. Oxford Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine has one location in Oxford, Mississippi. According to its website, there are six physicians on staff. MSMOC is a provider with services including ambulatory surgery, advanced imaging, rehabilitation, pain management, urgent care and sports medicine. MSMOC receives around 89,000 patient visits annually and performs more than 10,000 surgeries each year. It is backed by private equity firms FFL Partners and Thurston Group. The affiliation creates a statewide network in Mississippi... Read More »
EyeSouth Partners Acquires Sunvera Group, Expanding into Michigan
EyeSouth Partners announced its expansion into Michigan with the acquisition of Sunvera Group. The financial terms were not disclosed. Sunvera Group is a management services organization (MSO) that provides management and administrative solutions to ophthalmology practices and ambulatory surgery centers in the Midwest. Sunvera Group supports more than 16 practices, 45 physicians, 23 ophthalmology clinics and four ambulatory surgery centers in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. EyeSouth Partners, a portfolio company of Olympus Partners since 2022, is an eye care services organization in the Southeast. EyeSouth’s affiliate network consists of more than 40 practices with more than... Read More »
