Author: Carly Behm

James Huston, MD, performed Lawrence (Kansas) Memorial Health's first same-day partial joint replacement with Stryker's Mako robot.

Bobby Mukkamala, MD, an ENT from Flint, Mich. was named the American Medical Association's chair of the board of trustees.

Animas Surgical Center at Escalante in Colo. will open toward the end of June.

An orthopedic ASC being built in Tennessee is on track to open in 2022, and developers reached a milestone in construction, according to a June 17 announcement.

A New Hampshire practice has found a new home at Rochester, N.H.-based Frisbie Memorial Hospital after its service agreement with another hospital was dropped.

The most common deficiencies seen in non-Medicare Deeming Status ASCs last year were related to emergency preparation, documentation and infection prevention, according to the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care's 2021 Quality Roadmap.

Mobile, Ala.-based USA Health received approval to build a surgery center almost a year after it sought state approval for the facility, according to a June 16 announcement.

An ENT who served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and nine more physicians to know:

Troy, Mich.-based TruVista Surgery Center joined Sunvera Group, a private equity-backed management services organization, according to a June 16 news release.

Automation tools have been a key part of boosting collections and managing finances at MidLantic Urology, controller Maryanne Thompson said.