Patsy Newitt

The Joint Commission posted safety recommendations and warnings for ASCs in a May 19 blog post. 

Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health is opening an eye clinic on its campus in Morrisville, N.C., on May 24, according to a LinkedIn post. 

Endocrinologist and reproductive specialist Bruce Shapiro, MD, PhD, broke ground on a fertility clinic and ASC in Las Vegas.

White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital is opening an outpatient center on its campus this summer.

Jackson-based Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center performed its first outpatient Robotic Surgical Assistant knee and partial knee surgeries in an ASC.

Physician-owned Comprehensive Surgical Care and its real estate partner have committed more than $125 million for a 20-ASC expansion nationwide.

The ASC industry is becoming increasingly consolidated, but physicians still are opening ASCs independently, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Just over half of gastroenterologists feel fairly compensated, according to Medscape's 2021 Gastroenterologist Compensation Report. 

Gastro Health was sold to private equity company Omers, according to a May 19 release. 

More than 99 percent of patients strongly agreed or agreed that they felt safe at the New Jersey-based ASC they visited, according to a study released by the New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers.