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Private equity & ASCs: 6 updates in 30 days
Private equity-backed groups are making headway in the ASC industry. Here are six private equity updates from the last month:
$10.9 million loan will expand North Dakota county’s ambulatory surgery services
Canado, N.D.-based Towner County Hospital Authority has secured a $10.9 million loan that will expand its ambulatory surgery offerings, U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., said May 13.
$14M Pennsylvania medical office building sold
A medical office building in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County has been sold for $14 million, its seller Colliers, an investment management company, said May 16.
Arizona endoscopy center to open in summer
Glendale, Ariz.-based Arrowhead Endoscopy Center is in construction and set to open in summer, Phoenix Business Journal reported May 12.
10 gastroenterologists to know
Here are 10 physicians to know who specialize in gastroenterology:
400-physician practice votes to join Duke Health after suit alleging takeover
Durham, N.C.-based Private Diagnostic Clinic has voted to dissolve and join Duke Health, ending a legal dispute alleging Duke was trying to take over the practice, Triangle Business Journal reported May 13.
Limiting 1st-year residents’ work hours improves patient safety, study finds
Resident physician-reported medical errors and adverse events dropped by more than a third after physician work hours were limited to no more than 16 in a row, according to a study recently published in BMJ Quality & Safety.
A California ASCs’ secret to success
For the Central California Endoscopy Center in Fresno, success hinges on a close-knit staff.
ASCs ‘insulated’ Tenet’s bottom line as hospitals continue to battle high labor costs
Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Tenet Healthcare’s surgery center business, has helped protect the company from the rising labor costs that continue to eat into the bottom line of many hospitals and health systems across the country.
What $27B Atrium-Advocate merger could mean for ASCs
Two large health systems revealed plans to merge last week in a blockbuster deal that could signal more transactions to follow for hospitals and surgery centers.
