Here are updates on eight ASC companies and industry-relevant companies to note:
Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare (AmSurg) rejected two of KKR's offers to acquire the company before accepting a $9.9 billion bid. Read more.
Envision Corp.'s Physician Services platform plans to purchase anesthesia group Nashville Anesthesia Services.
Assemblymember Harvey Epstein, D-N.Y., visited New York City-based East Side Endoscopy and Pain Management Center for National ASC Month. Jamison, Pa.-based Physicians Endoscopy is affiliated with the center.
Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health and Humana signed an agreement giving Humana Medicare Advantage members coverage at Penn State Health facilities, including Hershey Outpatient Surgery Center.
St. George (Utah) Surgical Center Administrator Ty Tippets spoke to the U.S. Senate Health Committee on price transparency in healthcare.
The Office of Management and Budget approved HHS' Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Culture Database.
Becker's ASC Review profiled Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partner CEO Wayne DeVeydt, Physicians Endoscopy's CEO Barry Tanner and Birmingham, Ala.-based Practice Partners in Healthcare's Larry Taylor.