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Tenet acquired 45 ASCs from SurgCenter Development on Dec. 10 for $1.1 billion.

Here are eight updates on ASC companies and industry-relevant companies to note:

A longtime leader of the Georgia Society of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Andrew King, died at home on Dec. 3, according to ASC Focus.

Physicians have been gravitating toward ASCs for years, but now they're more often choosing to do so with hospital partnership, Medical Consulting Group's Robert McCarville and Stephen Sheppard said in a December article published by EyeWorld.

Awareness of a patient's positive fecal immunochemical test or triennial multitarget stool DNA test increased adenoma detection rates among endoscopists, according to an early view study published Dec. 14 in Cancer Medicine.

The Digestive Health Physicians Association issued a statement opposing CMS' Most Favored Nation rule because it potentially limits access to infusion services.

Gastroenterologists recommend patients with inflammatory bowel disease seek out the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as they become available, Medscape reported Dec. 11.

Physician-hospital joint venture ASCs are continuing to grow in popularity, Medical Consulting Group's Robert McCarville and Stephen Sheppard said in a December article published by EyeWorld.

Through a five-year partnership, construction firm Ryan Companies has helped develop five ASCs affiliated with Nashville, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners. Most recently, Ryan helped complete Valley Ambulatory Surgery Center in St. Charles, Ill.

A new transitional pass-through code (C1748) took effect July 1 for providers using single-use duodenoscopes to treat Medicare patients in the hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) settings. The pass-through code makes single-use duodenoscopes a financially viable alternative to…