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Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group asked the Illinois Health Facilities & Services Review Board to delay a certificate-of-need hearing on Quincy-based Blessing Health System's proposed surgery center, WGEM reports.

Knoxville, Tenn.-based Tennova Healthcare received state approval for its multispecialty ASC project in Talbott, Tenn., the CitizenTribune reports.

A group of independent physicians opened Norfolk, Neb.-based Fountain Point Medical Community Sept. 3, the Norfolk Daily News reports.

Gastroenterologist Oleg Shulik, MD, joined Mountainside Medical Group, Tap into Nutley reports.

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy included CDx Diagnostics' Wats3D Diagnostic Platform in its Standards of Practice Committee guidelines.

Dimension Capital Management bought $635,000 worth of shares in Surgery Partners, according to the Sundance Herald.

The new West Coast Joint and Spine Surgery Center in El Dorado Hills, Calif., is a joint partnership between United Surgical Partners International and Dignity Health, according to Village Life.

In ambulatory surgery centers and surgical hospitals across America, it’s common practice for IV supplies to be housed in a single bin. However, this practice can contribute to cross contamination among patients.

The ASC arena is changing quickly as CMS contemplates moving total joint replacements to the ASC payable list, site-neutral payments and increased price transparency mandates.

Physician pay varies widely between specialties, according to salary data from PayScale.