Eric Oliver

Deputy Editor at @BeckersASC. Covering #gastroenterology, #ASCs, #surgerycenters. Journalist, freelance writer, copy editor.

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I've learned a lot covering #GI, and one thing stands out. Promoting CRC screening is the most important thing GIs can do for the general public. March is National Colon Cancer Awareness Month, I spoke with @DrAndrewAlbert and @GYRIG about opportunities to do more. (1/2)

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Exact Sciences posted fourth-quarter and full-year 2020 revenue Feb. 16, of $466.3 million and $1.5 billion, respectively:

https://t.co/LCHXrOZ66r

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Oregon lawmakers are urging state legislators to reject a bill that would allow optometrists to perform scalpel and laser surgery on and around a patient's eye: https://t.co/BfzRhGWikW

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WalletHub released its healthiest and unhealthiest cities in America list for 2021: https://t.co/jjQqiJqfsx

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Who's interested in buying Gastro Health, at what valuation & what it could all mean https://t.co/fCtcDlHnxr

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Columbus, Ohio-based OrthoNeuro is opening an office with a physical therapy clinic on the Dublin campus of Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine: https://t.co/P2ZlXFOb2W

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Private equity-backed SightMD acquired the ophthalmology practices of Norman Saffra, MD: https://t.co/FR2iSGh6uY

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The National Association of Spine Specialists, the advocacy arm of the North American Spine Society, paid tribute to Brian Gantwerker, MD, for his work elevating the voices of spine providers and challenging legislative hurdles within the field: https://t.co/9qj1HL3aVD

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Patients must confirm a positive stool-based colorectal cancer screening test with a colonoscopy, and delaying that follow-up colonoscopy has led to increased CRC rates: https://t.co/xZqZISmkVK

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In what's shaping up to be a banner year of private equity investment in gastroenterology, PE Hub reported Feb. 5 that Audax Private Equity will sell Miami-based Gastro Health in 2021: https://t.co/750Yw0hfwa

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J. DeWayne Tooson, MD, president of Tuscaloosa-based GI Associates of West Alabama, shared insights into the lasting effect of the pandemic and what success will look like in 2021: https://t.co/7OQGex2PYU

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New York City-based White Oak Healthcare MOB REIT acquired medical office buildings in Ohio and Minnesota, totaling 112,000 square feet: https://t.co/EGqSoyIxLW

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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the job market for physicians, and despite a looming shortage, doctors face furloughs, pay cuts, competition for jobs and unemployment: https://t.co/DIVJ5eHMHM

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Sheffield, Ala.-based Helen Keller Hospital submitted an application to the state's Health Planning and Development Agency to convert its outpatient department into an ASC: https://t.co/OWKb2ISYTG

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8 ASCs are hiring administrators. Take a look at these job postings: https://t.co/BmdUmOXBpZ

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BIG NEWS: Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente will continue to operate its ASC and gastroenterology clinic in Wailuku, Hawaii, after the system previously announced it would close both: https://t.co/S7AOL27jwZ

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A prophecy that, unfortunately, came true: This interview @ByEricOliver of @BeckersASC with Joan Dentler was published just a few weeks before states started shutting down non-urgent surgery. https://t.co/zkQC4w3Ibg #ASC #outpatientsurgery #ambulatorysurgery #surgerycenter

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Six independent practices and an ophthalmology-focused surgery center in New York merged to form EyesNY: https://t.co/Wjv9ON0N2w

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Van Wert Health opened a surgery center in Van Wert, Ohio, Building Indiana Business reported Jan. 19:

https://t.co/e1De0oBsre

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Columbus, Ohio-based OrthoNeuro has strengthened its executive team with two promotions:
https://t.co/bauyhaMW6Y

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Leawood, Kan.-based ValueHealth is developing a total joint-focused surgery center in Chadds Ford, Pa., the company announced Jan. 12:
https://t.co/GjWcOgDHV4