Author: Patsy Newitt

OrthoIllinois is seeking a certificate of need to open a $17.7 million ASC in Elgin, Ill., amid opposition from Advocate Sherman Hospital, the Chicago Tribune reported Oct. 15. 

Springfield (Ill.) Clinic warned 100,000 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois-covered patients that they could lose access to their doctors, The State Journal-Register reported Oct. 15. 

Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center is building a facility with an ASC in Fort Washington, Md., according to an article sponsored by the hospital published Oct. 15 in WTOP News.

Inadequate staffing is one of the biggest issues facing gastroenterology, according to Lawrence Schiller, MD, program director of the gastroenterology fellowship at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. 

Pentax Medical has expanded its contract with Vizient, a healthcare performance improvement company, to include pediatric endoscopic solutions, Pentax said Oct. 15. 

American Surgical Group's 16,000-square-foot ASC in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is nearing completion, the company said Oct. 14. 

Virginia Physicians for Women will open a new facility featuring an ASC in Richmond Oct. 25, according to local NBC affiliate WWBT. 

Here are three pivotal transactions and what they mean for the ASC industry at large:

A medical condo in Mesa, Ariz., was sold for nearly $2 million, with plans to convert the facility into an ASC. 

USA Health is building a health center in Fairhope, Ala., that will feature an ASC, the company said recently.