7 things for ASC leaders to know for Thursday — June 18, 2015

Here are seven news updates for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for June 18, 2015.

Tenet completes USPI, Aspen acquisitions
Tenet Healthcare has completed the acquisitions of United Surgical Partners International and Aspen Healthcare. Tenet now owns 50.1 percent of USPI, while Welsh Carson owns the remaining 49.9 percent stake. Tenet will consolidate the company's financial results. USPI will maintain its branding. Kyle Burtnett, Tenet's senior vice president of outpatient services, joins USPI as president of ambulatory services and chief integration officer. Read the full report on Becker's ASC Review.

Regional Pain Institute offers stem cell and PRP injections to patients
The Regional Pain Institute, a multidisciplinary interventional pain management practice in Queen Creek and Scottsdale, Ariz., is presently administering stem cell and platelet rich plasma injections. Kevin Henry, MD, founder of the Regional Pain Institute and a leading pain management specialist, said stem cell and PRP injections will reduce and eliminate pain while also serving as a viable alternative to surgery.

University of Colorado Health acquires $9.6M plot for new ASC, acute care hospital
University of Colorado Health, based in Aurora, has purchased a $9.6 million plot of land in Longmont, Colo., according to a Times-Call report. The plot of land was purchase for the development of a new acute care hospital and ambulatory surgery center. The hospital would occupy 172,000 square feet of the land. The surgery center is expected to be one story, according to the report.

Laparoscopic colectomy can reduce healthcare costs and utilization
According to a recent JAMA Surgery study, the mean net and total payments were $23,064 and $24,196 respectively for laparoscopy, whereas the mean net and total payments for open colectomy were $29,753 and $31,606. At one year post-surgery, there was an estimated 1.18-fold increase in healthcare expenditures associated with open colectomy.

Vast wealth of HealthCare.gov customer data causes uneasiness
With the spike in devastating data breaches, a government warehouse storing the data of HealthCare.gov customers, known as MIDAS, is raising significant privacy concerns and questions, reports ABC News. Many have criticized this measure, including former Social Security commissioner Michael Astrue, saying that there is no justification for keeping this data indefinitely. Read the full report on Becker's ASC Review.

Maine considering 'death-with-dignity' legislation
Maine Sen. Roger Katz devised a bill modeled after legislation passed in Vermont two years prior allowing physicians to administer lethal doses of medication to terminally ill patients who want to quicken their death.

Huntington Gynecologic Surgery Center to adopt new name
The surgery center will be renamed the Joanne Marzano Center for Gynecologic Surgery after family members of Joanne Marzano gave the surgery center a donation following their mother's care at the center.

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