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With COVID-19 increasing across the U.S., ensuring patients receive access to colorectal screening remains of utmost importance to gastroenterologists across the country.

Here's how Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and Nashville-based Surgery Partners' shares have fluctuated over the last five days.

Wilmington (N.C.) Eye is developing an ASC it plans to open in late 2021, WilmingtonBiz reported Nov. 30.

Cincinnati-based UC Medical Center canceled all elective procedures requiring hospitalizations and is implementing several other maneuvers to preserve bed capacity for COVID-19-related hospitalizations, Local12 reports.

H.I.G. Growth Partners entered into a partnership Dec. 1 with Rochester Hills, Mich.-based The Center for Digestive Health creating Pinnacle GI Partners, a new investment platform in Michigan.

Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health formed a joint venture with surgical services company ValueHealth to develop an outpatient surgical network.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced new COVID-19 restrictions Nov. 30, including elective surgery suspension for one county, according to The Buffalo News.

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

Bundled payments in orthopedics are becoming more sophisticated as surgeons collect data and develop standards based on analytics insights.

In an effort to maintain or increase patient volume and reduce collections costs, physician groups increasingly are offering substantial discounts to patients who pay cash up front for their medical care.