Patsy Newitt

From Tennessee to Texas, here are four transactions from the past month involving endoscopy centers:

McLaren Macomb renamed a surgery center on its main campus in Mount Clemens, Mich., to the Joseph P. Aesy Surgery Center after a $3 million donation from a local business leader, the hospital said Oct. 27. 

Here are 33 ASCs opened or announced in October, as reported by Becker's ASC Review:

The reduction in patient numbers with the influx of concierge medicine means that many patients are left without primary care physicians at a time of increasing shortages in the specialty. 

Orangeburg, S.C.-based Regional Medical Center is about $312,000 over budget for the month of September due to expenses involved with its hospital's ASC litigation, The Times and Democrat reported. 

Construction is underway on a medical office building and surgery center in Las Vegas, local NBC affiliate 3 News reported Oct. 31. 

West Tennessee Healthcare is opening an orthopedic surgery center in Jackson in November, the Jackson Sun reported Oct. 29. 

Emory Healthcare is building a musculoskeletal facility with an ASC in Brookhaven, Ga., according to The Champion.

A class-action lawsuit was filed against Aspen Surgery Center in Walnut Creek, Calif., alleging the center violated California labor codes, the law office of Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw, which filed the suit, said Oct. 28. 

Nine ASC leaders spoke with Becker's ASC Review about the biggest obstacles they face with private payers, from implant costs to declining reimbursements.