Alan Condon

Savlan Capital has acquired a slew of outpatient medical office buildings and plans to inject $100 million on more properties through 2021, GlobeSt.com reported May 26.

James Grant, MD, a former Surgical Care Affiliates executive, has been appointed CEO of Troy, Mich.-based Pinnacle GI Partners.

Gastroenterology has consistently been among the top 10 highest-earning specialties in the U.S., with an average annual salary of $406,000 in 2021, according to Medscape's Gastroenterologist Compensation Report.

From breach of employment allegations to a noncompete clause and a motion to block an exclusive contract with a competing provider, here are three high-profile contract disputes between physicians and health systems in the past two months:

Minneapolis-based Allina Health is moving higher-acuity procedures such as spine and orthopedic cases from hospital outpatient departments to newly developed outpatient surgery centers, according to the Star Tribune.

UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is working with Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health to finalize which service lines will feature in a 160,000-square-foot medical office building and surgery center, Buffalo Business First reported May 18.

Healthgrades published its 2021 Specialty Excellence Awards on May 11 covering 16 service lines, including the top hospitals for gastrointestinal care.

Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics has opened a 31,000-square-foot facility that features an ASC and a Mako robot for joint replacements in McDonough, Ga.

The first endoscopic microdiscectomy procedure at DuPage Medical Group's new ASC in Westmont, Ill., was performed by Ashish Patel, MD.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on May 3 signed into law a price transparency bill requiring healthcare providers, groups and facilities to make cash prices available to consumers for commonly provided services, Poncacitynow.com reports.