Author: Patsy Newitt

National Spine & Pain Centers is opening an ASC in Oxon Hill, Md., on March 23, the group said. 

ASCs in the South and Mountain region earn the most, according to VMG Health's "Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study" for 2022.

United Surgical Partners International, AmSurg, Surgical Care Affiliates, SurgCenter Development and Surgery Partners are ASC-exclusive companies with the most centers. 

Cypress West Partners has acquired a medical office building portfolio in Henderson, Nev., a Las Vegas suburb, Bear Real Estate Advisors, who represented the buyer, said March 21. 

The District of Columbia has the lowest average annual wage for physicians, adjusted for cost of living, according to Wallethub's 2022 Best & Worst States for Doctors ranking, released March 21.

There were 1,072 single-specialty gastroenterology ASCs billing Medicare in 2020, according to the March Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report.

McLaren Northern Michigan in Emmet County, Mich., is offering free colon cancer testing kits, local ABC affiliate WPBN reported March 18. 

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's helicopter crashed March 19 while attempting to land, injuring a one UCLA physician and five deputies, according to a report from FOX affiliate KTTV. 

Borland Groover Clinic is building a $14.6 million gastroenterology ASC and medical office building in Orange Park, Fla., Jacksonville Daily Record reported March 18. 

ASCs in the South and Mountain regions have the highest total operating costs, according to VMG Health's "Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study" for 2022.