Patsy Newitt

The No Surprises Act, the federal law requiring ASCs and physician practices to provide cost estimates to self-pay patients, went into effect Jan. 1. 

Private equity firm Partners Group has acquired a 200-location dermatology practice from Omers Private Equity, Partners said Feb. 10. 

Rockford, Ill.-based OrthoIllinois has finalized its plan to build an ASC in Beloit, Wis., after a year of opposition from Beloit Health System, the city's largest employer, the Beloit Daily News reported this week. 

University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center is converting a former Sears building within a mall to an orthopedic healthcare campus with an ASC, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 1. 

Eight COVID-19 updates from the last two weeks:

Here are seven pivotal ASC moves in Florida since Jan. 1:

Arkansas Heart Hospital is building a cardiology ASC and clinic in Texarkana, Texas, the Texarkana Gazette reported Feb. 9. 

Consolidation in gastroenterology accelerated in 2021, according to a recent report jointly published by consulting firm Fraser Healthcare and pharma research firm Spherix Global Insights. 

Here are five updates from Aetna, one of the country's biggest payers, in the last 30 days:

Physician Partners of America expanded its anesthesia operations with Tampa, Fla.-based Red Reef Anesthesia Co., the physician group said Feb. 7.