Author: Patsy Newitt

ASCs and hospitals nationwide are feeling the effects of severe nurse shortages, exacerbated by a recent COVID-19 spike. 

A medical office building with a multispecialty ASC in Avondale, Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix, was acquired by Montecito Medical, the real estate company said Dec. 8. 

From CMS restoring the inpatient-only list to unaddressed supply chain issues, obstacles facing ASCs at the federal level were discussed with Joe Peluso, administrator of Aestique Surgery Center in Greensburg, Pa.

In November, three Virginia health systems opened or planned ASCs costing a combined $435 million. 

Indiana (Pa.) Regional Medical Center will receive $1 million in state grants for a new facility featuring an ASC, the Indiana Gazette reported Dec. 7. 

Ralph Massullo, MD, founder and president of Suncoast Dermatology and Skin Surgery Center in Lecanto, Fla., is running for the Florida Senate, Citrus County Chronicle reported Dec. 7. 

Three ASC leaders discussed the drivers of federal changes in ASC policy with Becker's. 

Catholic Health appointed Christopher DiMaio, MD, chairman of the department of gastroenterology at Roslyn, N.Y.-based St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center and system co-chair of digestive disease services, the health system said Dec. 7. 

Five leaders in gastroenterology joined Becker's to discuss what they think the profession will look like in 2031. 

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health named Patricia Garcia, MD, a clinical associate professor of gastroenterology and hepatology, as its inaugural associate chief medical information officer for ambulatory care, the health system said Dec. 6.