Bernadette Purser, senior administrator of ambulatory surgery at VCU Health, and Sheldon Barr, president of VCU Community Memorial Hospital, joined Becker’s to discuss how the health system is expanding access to care through a strategic, data-driven ASC network. Editor’s note:…
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Investment in high-acuity procedures is one of the “biggest drivers” of ASC volume growth for Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, CEO Saum Sutaria, MD, said during an earnings call transcribed by Seeking Alpha. Here are five key takeaways: 1. USPI…
In my conversations with ASC leaders this year, one theme has been impossible to miss: Change is everywhere. Centers are expanding, merging, modernizing, and rethinking how they use technology to support both business and clinical performance. As they do, I’ve…
Alan Chanales, MD, a Rockville, Md.-based pulmonary disease specialist, will close his medical practice on Dec. 31, according to a notice in TThe Sentinel. He is affiliated with Adventist HealthCare and Holy Cross Hospital–Silver Spring, according to US New &…
A medical office building in Charlotte, N.C., leased to Atrium Health, has been sold, according to a news release from Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, which advised on the transaction. The property is leased to Atrium’s Carolinas Physicians Network, which recently…
Physician ownership in ASCs is evolving, as increased consolidation efforts and other market pressures force physicians to adapt with new, hybrid models of facility ownership and governance. Sarah Malaniak, administrator of Peakpoint Flatiron Surgery Center in New York City, recently…
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has signed an agreement to acquire Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging, a Las Vegas-based outpatient radiology group with 12 locations across the Las Vegas Valley. SDMI employs or affiliates with more than 550 radiologists, technologists and…
Miami-based Gastro Health entered into a partnership with Miami Gastro Health on Nov. 1. Miami Gastro Health is the practice of Danny Avalos, MD, who is board-certified in both gastroenterology and internal medicine. The practice offers advanced on-site imaging services,…
Winchester, Va.-based Valley Health has opened its first system-owned gastroenterology practice. Valley Health Gastroenterology began seeing patients in September and is led by Dale Holly, MD, who was named medical director for gastroenterology. He is joined by Abdullahi Musa, MD,…
Cleveland Clinic Weston (Fla.) Hospital has added Antonio Lewis-Camargo, MD, according to a Nov. 1 report from South Florida Hospital News. Dr. Lewis-Camargo is a cardiologist specializing in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. His clinical interests include heart failure,…