Author: Patsy Newitt

Florida gastroenterology provider Borland Groover is building an endoscopy ASC in St. Augustine, Fla. 

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare has opened a new multidisciplinary Digestive Health Center in Bloomfield, Conn., to increase local access to gastroenterology services, wfsb.com reported April 21.

Becker's ASC Review reported on eight joint-venture ASCs opened or announced recently.

Former ophthalmologist Christopher Olivia, MD, has been named the CEO of Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute.

There are a surprising number of rules surrounding signatures on anesthesia records. Tony Mira, founder of MiraMed's Anesthesia Business Consultants, provided tips for anesthesia providers to avoid problems with these signatures in an April 8 blog post. 

Anchor Health Properties has acquired a two-building, 85,242-square-foot portfolio with several ASCs in a Philadelphia suburb, according to an April 14 release. 

St. Louis-based EyeCare Partners has named David Clark, former president, as CEO, according to an April 20 release. 

Christopher Nanson, MD, and James Ballard, MD, two orthopedic surgeons from Oregon Surgical Institute in Beaverton, joined "Becker's Ambulatory Surgery Centers Podcast" to discuss how to address patient concerns with surgery migration to ASCs. 

The American Society of Anesthesiologists' 2020 update of its Relative Value Guide has new updates that affect the way flat-fee services are billed. A blog post by Tony Mira, founder of MiraMed's Anesthesia Business Consultants, detailed a potential financial opportunity…

These statistics were drawn from the American Cancer Society 2020-21 facts and figures and the study "Colorectal Cancer Screening and COVID-19."