Author: Patsy Newitt

Leapfrog Group and AARP are currently advocating for Congress to pass a policy requiring ASCs to report their COVID-19 infection rates on an ongoing basis. 

Here are six recent updates on gastroenterology procedures and devices:

Raleigh, N.C.-based ASC developer Compass Surgical Partners has opened or announced three ASCs in the past few months, bringing their total partnered ASCs to 19. 

Pennsylvania Dermatology Partners in King of Prussia plans to open a cancer surgery center on the third floor of its new location, according to an April 9 press release.  

Studies on inflammatory bowel disease recommend screening IBD patients for anxiety and depression and offering vaccines at IBD centers. 

GI companies have been busy in the past month, from ASC acquisitions to partnerships. 

U.S. Anesthesia Partners filed a lawsuit against UnitedHealthcare, and a hospital is replacing anesthesiologists with certified registered nurse anesthetists. 

A church in Port Huron, Mich., is being converted into a medical center with a neurology and spine clinic, open MRI center and outpatient surgery center, local radio station WGRT reports.

Franklin (Tenn.) Surgery Center, a United Surgical Partners International affiliate, is the first ASC in Tennessee to perform an Inspire Therapy procedure, a treatment for sleep apnea, in the ambulatory setting.

Gastroenterologist Peter Rosenberg, MD, chief-elect of Huntington Hospital's medical staff in Pasadena, Calif., was elected to the hospital's board of directors.