Author: Ariana Portalatin

Here are 18 hospitals and health systems that opened or announced plans for ASCs in November:

Reno, Nev.-based Avance Plastic Surgery Institute was accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, the practice said Dec. 15.

Steven DeVries, MD, PhD, has been awarded a $75,000 grant from Research to Prevent Blindness to support international study of treatments for blinding disorders, news-medical.net reported Dec. 14.

Physician Partners of America plans to open a multispecialty ASC in Florida during the first quarter of next year, the pain management practice said Dec. 14.

Mildred Olivier, MD, has been appointed associate dean of the Ponce Health Sciences University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the school said Dec. 14.

United Digestive has added Gastroenterology Associates of Southwest Florida to its network, United Digestive said Dec. 14.

A Mississippi physician and his practice have agreed to pay $375,000 to resolve allegations of improperly billing Medicare in violation of the False Claims Act, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi said Dec. 13.

Retina Consultants of America has added Mississippi Retina Associates to its network, the Southlake, Texas-based management services organization said Dec. 13.

This year resulted in a number of accomplishments for some of the largest ASC companies, including United Surgical Partners International, SurgCenter Development, Surgery Partners and Surgical Care Affiliates.

Largo-based Eye Institute of West Florida has joined St. Louis-based ophthalmology group EyeCare Partners.