Author: Patsy Newitt

Private equity real estate firm Thomas Park acquired a medical office building with a surgery center in Edison, N.J., Colliers HealthCare, which represented the seller, said Oct. 27. 

Ambulatory Surgical Center of Stevens Point (Wis.) is teaming up with Trilogy Health for workers compensation cost containment, the company said Oct. 26. 

UCLA Health - Ambulatory Surgery Center Westwood in Los Angeles was ranked the top ASC in the country by Newsweek and global research firm Statista. 

Here are eight supply chain updates from the last two weeks:

An Illinois review board has rescinded Advocate Sherman Hospital's permit to build a $12.7 million ASC that originally was approved in 2017, the Chicago Tribune reported Oct. 25.  

Ascension Sacred Heart in Pensacola, Fla., has expanded its robotic surgery offerings with the addition of the da Vinci Xi surgical system at its outpatient surgery center. 

A Georgia certificate-of-need panel has now approved two hospitals' ASCs in Braselton after disputes dating to 2018, The Gainesville Times reported Oct. 26.

University of Chicago Medicine is planning to build a medical facility with an ASC in Crown Point, Ind., The Northwest Indiana Times reported Oct. 26. 

Healthcare provider review site Healthgrades has honored 201 hospitals with its Gastrointestinal Surgery Excellence Award. 

The Shrewsbury (Mass.) Surgery Center performed its first outpatient spine procedure, the center said Oct. 25.