Author: Patsy Newitt

Seven key federal healthcare updates in the last two weeks:

Four ASC leaders spoke with Becker's ASC Review on how President Joe Biden's administration has affected ASCs in the last year. 

West Long Branch, N.J.-based Allied Digestive Health has selected Athenahealth to provide its cloud-based revenue cycle management services, Athenahealth said Dec. 1. 

Physicians need to be trained on how ASCs operate to ensure efficiency, according to Brian Geissler, vice president and chief administrative officer for ASCs for Johns Hopkins Health System. 

Physician ownership jumped up one percent from 2019 to 2020, according to the "2021 Physician and Advanced Practice Salary Report" by LocumTenens.com.

Sanford Health opened an ASC in Bismarck, N.D., the Bismarck Tribune reported Dec. 2. 

The average anesthesiologist makes $402,283 a year, according to the "2021 Physician and Advanced Practice Salary Report" by LocumTenens.com.

Here are 41 ASCs Becker's ASC Review reported on in November:

Port Townsend, Wash.-based Jefferson Healthcare is considering a $112.7 million project that would include a surgery center, Peninsula Daily News reported Dec. 2. 

Here are five of the most interesting acquisitions in gastroenterology this year: