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Where ASC chains see major financial opportunity

As big healthcare companies, payers and investors turn to bundled payments, ASC chains are looking to value-based care systems in an effort to lower costs and improve care quality. 

Supply issues keeping leaders up at night and 9 more supply chain updates

Here are 10 supply chain updates for ASC leaders to know that Becker’s has reported since Sept. 20:

69% of physicians want a single-payer system

Sixty-nine percent of physicians would like some form of a single-payer system, according to Medscape’s 2022 “Physicians Rate Healthcare Access Report.”

Fujifilm debuts newest ultrasound endoscope

Fujifilm has debuted its new endoscopic ultrasound endoscope, EG-74OUT, a convex ultrasonic endoscope for the upper gastrointestinal tract. 

Gastro Health, GI Alliance and more: 8 industry updates

Here are eight updates on gastroenterology companies Becker’s reported on during the third quarter of 2022:

Vision Integrated Partners adds 9 Oklahoma eye clinics, ASCs

Vision Integrated Partners has established partnerships with Britton Vision Associates and Southwest Eye Clinic and Surgery, both based in Oklahoma City. 

Visus Therapeutics acquires all patents, assets from visual disability researcher ViewPoint

Biopharmaceutical company Visus Therapeutics has acquired all patents and assets from eyecare developer ViewPoint Therapeutics.  

GI vs. Ophthalmologist pay: 5 notes

The national average salary for gastroenterologists is approximately 8 percent more than ophthalmologists, according to data from Medscape.

Mississippi hospital opens state’s 1st cardiovascular ASC

Hattiesburg, Miss.-based Forrest General Hospital and the Hattiesburg Clinic partnered to open Mississippi’s first ambulatory cardiovascular surgery center, ABC and NBC affiliate WDAM reported Sept. 27.

Healthcare Solutions Holdings expands ASC, urgent care services in Missouri

Healthcare Solutions Holdings, based in Glen Cove, N.Y., expanded its ASC, primary and urgent care services in Missouri.