Author: Patsy Newitt

SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital is breaking ground on a $20 million ASC this fall, local CBS affiliate KMOV4 reported June 29. 

OcuTerra named a CMO, and Visus Therapeutics named six executives. 

In 2021, Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners plans to execute on over $400 million of transactions.

Physician-led ophthalmology management company US Eye partnered with three practices in South Carolina and Florida, according to a June 29 release. 

Maryland has the most ASCs per capita, and Florida is opening the most ASCs in 2021. 

Tennessee's new certificate-of-need laws raise ASC fees by 1,900 percent.

Towson, Md.-based SurgCenter Development unloaded 45 ASCs to United Surgical Partners International in a $1.1 billion deal Dec. 10, but the company has announced plans to develop two ASCs since Jan. 1. 

Regent Surgical Health, Orthopedic Associates of Long Island (N.Y.) and Long Island, N.Y.-based Catholic Health opened a multispecialty ASC, according to a news release. 

GI Alliance expanded into Colorado, and Fujifilm launched an endoscopy-specific integration platform. 

Houston-based Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center "topped out" the $426 million expansion of its McNair Campus, which includes an ASC and endoscopy center, Woodlands Online reported.