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Ventura, Calif.-based Community Memorial Health System received a $100,000 gift from Mechanics Bank to purchase an advanced C-arm, according to an Aug. 15 report from the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. 

Pursuing equal payment to hospital outpatient departments and using technology to increase efficiency are among the trends healthcare leaders recommend ASCs adopt.

Southpoint Surgery Center in Jacksonville, Fla., a 34,029-square-foot medical center with a large ASC, has been sold to REIT healthcare for just over $18.5 million. 

Geisinger and two more hospitals and health systems that have opened or have plans to open ASCs that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 2:

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A jury found that an Abingdon, Md.-based pain physician was not liable in the death of a patient who was injected with a contaminated steroid during a procedure at an ASC, The Daily Record reported Aug. 10. 

From pediatric complexes to $80 million outpatient facilities, new ASCs are popping up every month. 

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