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Author: Claire Wallace

Bel Air-based The University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health has announced a $260 million growth plan that includes building a new, 30,000-square-foot ASC, according to a Jan. 3 report from the Baltimore Business Journal.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has released its updated standards handbooks for both ambulatory accreditation and Medicare deemed status accreditation. 

Alaska is the most expensive state to get a GI upper endoscopy in a hospital outpatient department, while Iowa is the most affordable, according to data from Sidecar Health's care calculator.

Anesthesia services provider NorthStar Anesthesia has expanded its services to Pocatello, Idaho-based Portneuf Health, including Portneuf Medical Center and Portneuf Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Center in Pocatello and the Rocky Mountain Surgery Center, also in Pocatello. 

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The West Palm Medical Plaza medical office building in West Palm Beach, Fla., has sold for $8.3 million, according to a Jan. 3 report from REBusiness Online.

Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System has finalized a new agreement with UnitedHealthcare allowing its urgent care, outpatient facilities and First Physicians Group healthcare providers to remain in-network with UHC's Medicare Advantage plan, according to a Dec. 29 report from…

At the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, Forbes updated its annual list of the richest people in the world, which includes 34 U.S. healthcare billionaires in 2024. 

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