Patsy Newitt

Here are six COVID-19 updates from the last week:

Phoenix Children's Hospital broke ground on its Arrowhead campus, a $134.7 million project featuring an ASC, the Glendale (Ariz.) Chamber of Commerce said Nov. 11. 

Doctors Hospital of Laredo, Texas, and the Laredo Physicians Group filed a lawsuit against an interventional cardiologist alleging anticompetitive conduct. 

HHS is investigating a data incident that may have affected 137,820 patients at the Urology Center of Colorado in Denver. 

When surgical schedules run off course, anesthesia providers are often left to document the delays to secure reimbursements. 

Willamette Surgery Center and Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics are joining forces for an ASC, the companies said Nov. 10.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health had 11 locations named in Newsweek's "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers 2022" list. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare reported strong growth in outpatient revenue and profit in the third quarter of 2021. 

Lync Health Partners, a new Nashville, Tenn.-based ASC development company, named Greg Thompson chief development officer, the company said Nov. 9. 

Here's how the three largest health insurers by revenue fared in the third quarter: