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Author: Patsy Newitt

Sebela Pharmaceuticals and CellMax Life have entered a strategic development and commercial collaboration partnership to accelerate the development of CellMax's multimodal liquid biopsy blood test. 

The Orthopaedic Surgery Center of Panther Creek, an ASC owned by Raleigh, N.C.-based UNC Rex Healthcare and Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic through a partnership, received CMS approval on March 3.

Gastroenterology-focused software companies Iterative Scopes and Provation reached a partnership March 17 to link Provation's gastroenterology documentation software with Iterative Scopes' inflammatory bowel disease data and artificial intelligence insights. 

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, the ASC segment of Tenet Healthcare, is the largest ambulatory platform in the country. The company expanded its surgery center footprint in 2020 and is expected to continue its focus on ASC acquisitions in 2021.

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Jocelyn Idema, DO, founder of Steel City Spine and Orthopedic Center in Pittsburgh, joined "Becker's Spine & Orthopedics Podcast" to talk about how spinal care has adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Compass Surgical Partners has begun construction on the Western Carolina Surgery Center, an ASC launched in partnership with AdventHealth Henderson, Asheville ENT, Carolina Ophthalmology and Emerge Orthopaedics in Asheville, N.C. 

  Nashville, Tenn.-based AmSurg acquires, develops and operates ASCs with physician groups and has been a key player in the ASC industry for decades. 

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