Author: Alan Condon

The ASC market valuation is expected to surpass $42 billion by 2027, up from $16 billion in 2020, according to a report from research and management consulting firm Global Market Insights.

Here is a state-by-state breakdown of more than 180 ASCs that perform minimally invasive spine surgery in the U.S.:

CRH Medical almost lost its largest client at the end of 2020, but has picked up steam in 2021 with a string of acquisitions.

Olathe (Kan.) Health has submitted to the city council plans to develop a two-story medical office building with an ASC, according to Kansas City Business Journal.

CRH Medical acquired a majority stake ownership in Little Rock-based Middle Arkansas Sedation Associates, a gastroenterology-focused anesthesia practice.

One of the first outpatient prone transpsoas procedures in the U.S. was recently performed by Samuel Joseph, MD, of Joseph Spine Institute in Tampa, Fla.

Catholic Health is phasing out most inpatient services at the St. Joseph Campus in Cheektowaga, N.Y., but plans to resume orthopedic surgery at the hospital's onsite ASC on March 29, according to Buffalo Business First.

Memphis, Tenn.-based One GI has acquired Dayton (Ohio) Gastroenterology, the second- largest independent GI practice in the state, the Dayton Business Journal reported March 24.

From surgical benefits to payer challenges and implementation protocols, two spine surgeons outline key considerations for adding a new spine procedure:

Neurosurgeon Hamid Abbasi, MD, PhD, CMO of Burnsville, Minn.-based Inspired Spine, recently hosted a cadaver lab and surgery observation, where he performed two oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusions.