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New England Surgical Suites opened in Natick, Mass.

An efficient anesthesia program is a key driver of operational and financial success in an ASC, according to Sullivan Healthcare Consulting.

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.

Fishersville, Va.-based Augusta Health broke ground Sept. 16 on an outpatient center that's expected to open in 2022, according to the Augusta Free Press.

David Vecchione, MD, treated his first spine patient at SOG Surgery Center in Tupelo, Miss.

Patients at high risk for colon cancer were unaware of screening protocols, according to a study published in the Journal of Gastroenterology and Digestive Systems.  

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger East Hospital opened its Erlanger Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Center Sept. 21, The Chattanoogan reports.

Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine physicians published a paper suggesting three methods to tackle the non-urgent surgery backlog.

Here are 13 updates on ASC companies and industry-relevant companies to note:

A new report from the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association shows performing surgery on Medicare patients in ASCs instead of hospital outpatient departments saved $4.2 billion in 2018, and the savings are expected to climb significantly in the next decade.