Author: Patsy Newitt

The delta coronavirus variant was classified as a "variant of concern" June 14, and its presence in the U.S. has only grown since.

CMS added 267 ASC-payable additions in their rules for 2021, and the new CMS administrator was confirmed. 

Brentwood Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, TriStar Division, is building an ASC, according to a June 23 email to Becker's ASC Review. 

An ASC and medical office building in Wauwatosa, Wis., was sold for $3 million, Milwaukee Business Journal reported June 22.

Private equity firm Trinity Hunt Partners and two physician practices are teaming up for a musculoskeletal practice management platform, according to a June 22 news release. 

Managing payer issues from a patient, physician and provider level is key to ensuring reimbursements and high level patient care.

United Digestive added a board member, and The American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy named its president.

Fujifilm Medical Systems launched an integration platform to enhance image and data integration in endoscopy suites, according to a June 22 release. 

Two ASCs received the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care's Kershner KI award.

After Lutherville, Md.-based Green Spring Station of Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center added outpatient service lines, patients who had previously received hospital-based procedures were impressed with the efficiency and service.