Author: Patsy Newitt

Chicago-based Pinnacle Dermatology acquired physician-owned Dermatology Associates and Skin Surgery Center, the company said Aug. 17. 

COVID-19 exacerbated staffing shortages for ASCs nationwide. 

CRH Medical has taken a 51 percent stake in Greater Washington Anesthesia Associates in Gainesville, Va.

HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood is adding endoscopy suites and outpatient rooms in a $42 million expansion. 

Parkview Health in Fort Wayne, Ind., is modifying a remodeling plan to include an update to an ASC, Inside Indiana Business reported Aug. 17. 

From Florida to Chicago, here are four recent moves in gastroenterology:

Roseburg, Ore.-based CHI Mercy Health postponed nonemergent surgeries and converted its ASC into a medical-surgical unit to accommodate an influx of COVID-19 patients, KQEN News Radio reported Aug. 17.

Leawood, Kan.-based ValueHealth is launching an outpatient bariatric and metabolic hyperspecialty offering, dubbed ValueHealth NovaCore, the company announced Aug. 17. 

Here are five hospitals, health systems redirecting outpatient staff as a fourth COVID-19 wave overwhelms staff. 

Some ASCs benefit from partnering with hospitals for contracting and supply costs.