Alan Condon

Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group in the coming weeks will officially open a five-operating room surgery center that has been in the works since 2019, ABC affiliate KHQA reported Aug. 11.

Two years after joining Brandenton, Fla.-based Florida Digestive Health Specialists, Marc Bernstein, MD, has been made partner at the organization, Sarasota magazine reported Aug. 10.

Intermountain Healthcare broke ground Aug. 10. on a surgery center at The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital in Murray, Utah, local news outlet KUTV reports.

A new ASC for gastrointestinal procedures is coming to Ascension St. Vincent's One Nineteen campus in Hoover, Ala., according to the Birmingham Business Journal.

Many Texas hospitals are pausing elective surgeries as nursing staff and beds run critically low amid a fourth COVID-19 surge, and ASCs are gearing up for what might come next.

South Georgia Medical Center has reopened a drive-thru coronavirus test site in the parking lot outside its surgery center in Valdosta, Ga., ABC affiliate WTXL reported Aug. 9.

Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., is being sued by a gastroenterologist who alleges that he was terminated in August 2020 after seeking mental healthcare and complaining about the hospital's COVID-19 protocols, the Argus Leader reports.

Oneida (N.Y.) Health canceled some elective cases at its ASC Aug. 10-11 as its emergency room experiences an "unusually high number of patients," according to the Rome Sentinel.

About 1 million total joint replacements are performed in the U.S. each year, and that number is expected to more than double by 2030.

UC Davis Health has released more news about a 34.5-acre project in Folsom Ranch, Calif., the Sacramento Business Journal reported Aug. 5.