Author: Patsy Newitt

Here are five supply chain updates for ASC leaders to know:

Watertown (Wis.) Regional Medical Center has shifted its anesthesia structure, replacing anesthesiologists with certified registered nurse anesthetists. 

An unnamed for-profit, private practice healthcare company and real estate developer Enclave are planning a $26 million facility in West Fargo, N.D. The healthcare company remains anonymous as of publication. 

Phoenix-based Valleywise Health's new center in Peoria, Ariz., now offers outpatient surgery services as part of a phased opening. 

At least five gastroenterologists or GI innovators were appointed to leadership positions in the first quarter of 2021.  

Putting vaccine services in inflammatory bowel disease centers is critical to improving immunization rates, researchers say.

At least three ASCs have been announced or opened in North Carolina in the past month — a huge feat considering only an estimated four total ASCs opened in the state in 2020. 

A partnership between Spindletop Pain Management Co. and Tricity Pain Associates has acquired Austin (Texas) Premier Surgery Center. 

CRH Medical acquired the remaining 25 percent interest in Gainesville, Ga.-based Lake Lanier Anesthesia Associates, which CRH obtained 75 percent of in June 2020. 

Anthony Kalloo, MD, has been named chair of New York City-based Maimonides Medical Center's department of medicine.