Author: Patsy Newitt

Atlanta-based United Digestive inked a deal with DeKalb Gastroenterology Associates, according to a Nov. 2 news release. 

The COVID-19 pandemic shook the ASC industry, and while some centers have fully recovered, others are still struggling to return to pre-pandemic stability. 

From Tennessee to Texas, here are four transactions from the past month involving endoscopy centers:

McLaren Macomb renamed a surgery center on its main campus in Mount Clemens, Mich., to the Joseph P. Aesy Surgery Center after a $3 million donation from a local business leader, the hospital said Oct. 27. 

Here are 33 ASCs opened or announced in October, as reported by Becker's ASC Review:

The reduction in patient numbers with the influx of concierge medicine means that many patients are left without primary care physicians at a time of increasing shortages in the specialty. 

Orangeburg, S.C.-based Regional Medical Center is about $312,000 over budget for the month of September due to expenses involved with its hospital's ASC litigation, The Times and Democrat reported. 

Construction is underway on a medical office building and surgery center in Las Vegas, local NBC affiliate 3 News reported Oct. 31. 

West Tennessee Healthcare is opening an orthopedic surgery center in Jackson in November, the Jackson Sun reported Oct. 29. 

Emory Healthcare is building a musculoskeletal facility with an ASC in Brookhaven, Ga., according to The Champion.