Author: Patsy Newitt

Lake Mary, Fla.-based Alliance Surgery Center performed its first diagnostic cardiac catheterization procedure, according to a June 29 LinkedIn post. 

CMS' rule to make hospital pricing readily available to patients went into effect Jan. 1, and while many hospitals aren't complying, some expect ASCs to move toward price transparency. 

Addison, Texas-based United Surgical Partners International is hiring at least nine administrators nationally. 

COVID-19 showed many ASCs that just-in-time delivery models carry risks. 

SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital is breaking ground on a $20 million ASC this fall, local CBS affiliate KMOV4 reported June 29. 

OcuTerra named a CMO, and Visus Therapeutics named six executives. 

In 2021, Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners plans to execute on over $400 million of transactions.

Physician-led ophthalmology management company US Eye partnered with three practices in South Carolina and Florida, according to a June 29 release. 

Maryland has the most ASCs per capita, and Florida is opening the most ASCs in 2021. 

Tennessee's new certificate-of-need laws raise ASC fees by 1,900 percent.