Kona Ambulatory Surgery Center in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary, according to Big Island Now.  By Rachel Popa - 10/11/19

The Elite Surgical Center in Wayne, N.J., is now offering knee replacement surgeries using the Mako robotic surgery system.  By Rachel Popa - 10/11/19

The state approved Baton Rouge (La.) General Medical Center's outpatient surgery center project, according to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report.  By Eric Oliver - 10/11/19

Show Low, Ariz.-based Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center cut the ribbon on its more than $80 million outpatient expansion Oct. 5, The White Mountain Independent reports.  By Eric Oliver - 10/11/19

Green Bay, Wis.-based Aurora BayCare will open its 72,000-square-foot outpatient clinic, surgery center and urgent care facility in Kaukauna, Wis., local CBS affiliate Local 5 reports.  By Eric Oliver - 10/11/19

Banner Health scheduled its first total joint replacement outside of the hospital setting in more than five years, according to Atlas Healthcare Partners, a Phoenix-based surgery center development and management company.  By Angie Stewart - 10/11/19

Revenue leaks that go undetected can hurt an ASC's profitability and cash flow, according to Serbin Medical Billing.  By Angie Stewart - 10/11/19

Bowling Green, Ky.-based Graves-Gilbert Clinic held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new ASC on Oct. 2.  By Angie Stewart - 10/11/19

San Antonio Eye Center is planning an ASC project, according to BBD Construction.  By Angie Stewart - 10/11/19

Vermont had fewer Medicare-certified ASCs than any other state as of June 2018, according to data from The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.  By Angie Stewart - 10/11/19

Concorde Medical Group is joining Northwell Health.  By Angie Stewart - 10/11/19

Two gastroenterology physicians featured in the news this week:  By Rachel Popa - 10/10/19

Surgery centers have limited storage space for supplies, which is why it’s important to identify and combine the SKUs used for every procedure in space-saving packs. Combining the most frequently used supplies streamlines operations and cuts supply costs, according to Mandie Shipp, RN, BSN, senior consultant in clinical operations at Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal Health.  By Rachel Popa - 10/10/19

Northwest Specialty Hospital, a physician-owned facility in Post Falls, Idaho, has opened a new endoscopy center.  By Rachel Popa - 10/10/19

Massachusetts has the lowest uninsured rate of any U.S. state, according to a ranking by WalletHub.  By Angie Stewart - 10/10/19

Texas has the highest uninsured rate of any U.S. state, according to a ranking by WalletHub.  By Angie Stewart - 10/10/19

Managed services provider Medicus IT has acquired PriorityOne Group, another managed services IT provider.  By Rachel Popa - 10/10/19

In partnership with local surgeons, Fisher-Titus Convenient Care broke ground this week on the Surgery Center of North Central Ohio in Norwalk, the Norwalk Reflector reported.  By Rachel Popa - 10/10/19

Seventeen states had 100 or more Medicare-certified ASCs as of June 2018, according to data from The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.  By Angie Stewart - 10/10/19

When the newly opened Flowood-based The Surgery Center at Mississippi was under development, administrator Meredith Warf and the center's physician owners spared no expense to ensure a patient-centric experience.  By Eric Oliver - 10/10/19