Author: Staff

Five hospitals and health systems opened or announced ASC developments in August:

Flagship Healthcare Properties is adding a new ASC leader to its ranks, according to a Sept. 8 press release.

Shreveport, La.-based Gastrointestinal Specialists partnered with ChronWell to provide its Medicare beneficiaries access to a care management program.

Here are four updates from gastroenterology companies and practices from the past week:

Rocky River, Ohio-based UroGPO entered into a contract with Ambu for a single-use endoscope.

CMS' proposed fee schedule for 2021 would reduce anesthesiology specialists' Medicare payment rates to near what they were in 1991, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Ophthalmologist Navin Tekwani, MD, gained approval to develop an ASC in Crestwood, Mo., according to Call Newspapers.

Private equity-backed EyeSouth Partners partnered with Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates to add its seven clinics to EyeSouth's network.

Los Angeles-based Southern California Orthopedic Institute surgeon Jaime Hernandez, MD, recently performed what's believed to be the first CORI robotic-assisted total knee replacement in an ASC, The Signal reports.

Boone, N.C.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare System relocated its Wound Care Center at Boone-based Watauga Medical Group to the Watauga Surgical Group Sept. 8, the WataugaDemocrat.com reports.