Author: Alan Condon

Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus will begin construction on an orthopedic and surgery center later this year, NBC4i.com reports.

Improved marketing efforts, direct-to-employer contracting and the expansion of telemedicine are some of the trends expected to play a key role in the future of outpatient spine and orthopedic surgery.

Biotech company Prometheus Biosciences has received $10 million from German company Dr. Falk Pharma after reaching a milestone under its collaboration agreement.

The American Journal of Gastroenterology has published positive results from a phase 3b clinical trial evaluating Linzess on multiple abdominal symptoms in adult patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation.

The migration of more higher-acuity spine surgeries to the outpatient setting presents an opportunity for stakeholders and surgeons to realize significant profit in the coming years if that ASC is operated properly.

Mansour Parsi, MD, has been appointed the Hyman Professor of Medicine and the chief of gastroenterology and hepatology in the college of medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, effective July 1.

David Schwartz, former pharmacy director of a Dallas hospital, alleges that he was fired for airing concerns that an affiliated surgery center was fraudulently overbilling state and federal payers, according to Bloomberg Law.

Spine and total joint surgeries are among the highest-acuity procedures rapidly moving to the outpatient setting, representing a significant financial opportunity for ASCs.

A Texas orthopedic surgeon received approval June 10 to build an ASC and medical office building in Fredericksburg, according to Virtual Builders Exchange.

Gastroenterologist pay dropped to $406,000, the seventh highest-paid specialty, with plastic surgeons beating orthopedic surgeons to the top spot in 2021.