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Salem (Ohio) Regional Medical Center plans to launch a phased opening of its new SRMC Surgery & Outpatient Pavilion in Columbiana, Ohio, beginning at the end of March, according to a March 5 report from CBS affiliate WKBN.

Springfield Township, Pa.-based Crozer Health has nixed plans to reopen its shuttered Springfield campus's emergency department and medical center as an orthopedic ASC, according to a March 5 report from the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Gastroenterology physicians and practices are facing a major challenge: increased demand for colonoscopies amid declining reimbursements. 

Little Rock, Ark.-based Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science added Chaow Charoenkijkajorn, MD, to its staff.

Athens-based Ohio University, in collaboration with Columbus-based OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, is launching a new nurse anesthesia program, Spectrum News 1 reported March 4.

In the last six months, health systems and the U.S. Justice Department have filed antitrust lawsuits and launched investigations, alleging monopolies against insurance providers, anesthesia providers and more. 

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