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AMSURG surpassed 1M colonoscopies in 2022
AMSURG completed more than 1 million colonoscopies in 2022, the ASC chain said March 6.
5 Cardiology ASCs to know
Here are five cardiovascular ambulatory surgery centers to know:
Optim Health System names CFO for ASCs, hospitals
Julie Wittwer has been named the chief financial officer at Savannah, Ga.-based Optim Health System, providing services for Optim’s ASCs, outreach clinics and hospitals, according to a March 6 report from the Savannah Business Journal.
EyeBio shakes up senior leadership team
Ophthalmology biotechnology company EyeBio has made several appointments to its senior leadership team this year, according to a March 6 news release:
Pennsylvania physician charged for writing fraudulent prescriptions
Murrysville, Pa.-based emergency room physician Jessie Kunkel, MD, was charged for writing fraudulent prescriptions, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office said March 1.
Idaho lawmakers push to allow optometrists to perform 3 surgeries
A new bill would allow specially trained optometrists in Idaho to perform three kinds of laser surgeries, ABC affiliate KIVI-TV reported March 3.
Unifeye Vision Partners: An acquisition timeline
Management services organization Unifeye Vision Partners was formed in 2017 by a partnership between private equity firm Waud Capital and Bloomington-based Minnesota Eye Consultants. Since 2017, Unifeye has grown to 42 clinic locations and 11 ASCs.&nbs…
3 medical device, research companies team up to improve IBD scoring with AI
Healthcare research and technology company Clario, gastroenterology consultant GI Reviewers, and medical artificial intelligence technology developer RSIP Vision have teamed up to create an AI-based scoring system for inflammatory bowel disease.
How hospitals closing services lines could affect ASCs
As hospital finances continue to weather the storm of increased labor and operating expenses, some have begun to take a hard look at services they can no longer afford to offer.
Payers may unintentionally be driving independent gastroenterologist to hospitals
Though payers have been trying to push more procedures out of hospitals, low reimbursements have the potential to cause these efforts to backfire by pushing independent physicians, including gastroenterologists, to migrate to hospital settings.
