Here is every announced, opened or rebranded gastroenterology-focused development or transaction that Becker's ASC Review covered in 2019 so far.
Note: Each practice/company listed has a stake in gastroenterology.
Miami-based Gastro Health entered into an agreement to acquire Longwood, Fla.-based Giles Gastroenterology Center, doing business as Gastroenterology Specialists. Gastro Health also acquired Birmingham, Ala.-based Southeast Gastro, its first out-of-state acquisition.
Regional GI, Main Line Gastroenterology Associates and Digestive Disease Associates will merge in a $130 million deal with private equity firm Amulet Capital.
Amulet Capital Partners formed US Digestive Health, a gastrointestinal-focused practice management organization, through its investment in three Pennsylvania GI practices.
Evanston-based Illinois Gastroenterology Group closed a private equity deal joining the GI Alliance, which created the largest independent gastroenterology services organization in the nation. GI Alliance then invested in five ASCs owned by Texas Digestive Disease Consultants and the Illinois Gastroenterology Group and then partnered with Beaumont-based Southeast Texas Gastroenterology Associates.
Takeda and Frazier Healthcare Partners launched Phathom Pharmaceuticals to develop gastrointestinal treatments. Takeda also opened its 165,000-square-foot San Diego research center April 30 to support its drug discovery technologies.
Jaimson, Pa.-based Physicians Endoscopy and Silver Spring, Md.-based Capital Digestive Care entered into a strategic partnership Aug. 1, forming a management platform.
Physicians Endoscopy also entered into a joint venture with Peninsula Regional Health System to open Delmarva Endoscopy Center in Ocean Pines, Md.
Cleveland-based University Hospitals teamed up with ASC development and management company Physicians Endoscopy to transition and relicense a gastroenterology-focused outpatient department into an ASC.
Capital Digestive Care is building a standalone office in Rockville, Md., to house an HyGIeaCare system. Capital Digestive Care is also reopening its Glenn Dale, Md., office and staffing it with five gastroenterologists.
Access HealthNet added Woodland Park-based Gastroenterology Associates of New Jersey to its platform.
AbbVie is acquiring competitor Allergan for $63 billion in a deal that will affect the GI pharmaceutical industry.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Covenant Surgical Partners entered into a partnership with Phoenix-based Arizona Centers for Digestive Health, adding 11 practices to its portfolio.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System is expanding to meet patient demand in the area.
CRH Medical Corp. will acquire the remaining stake in Thornton-based Central Colorado Anesthesia Associates.
Pinehurst (N.C.) Medical Clinic and Pinehurst Surgical physicians are collaborating on two 40,000-square-foot buildings to improve access to care.
Lehigh Valley (Pa.) Health Network entered into a joint venture with Allentown-based Eastern Pennsylvania Gastroenterology and Liver Specialists to build two new outpatient endoscopy centers.
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic opened a gastroenterology center on the Saint Mary's portion of its campus.
Columbus-based Ohio Gastroenterology Group moved into a 42,000-square-foot medical office building and opened an endoscopy center.
Little Rock, Ark.-based Premier Gastroenterology Associates broke ground April 3 on Premier Medical Plaza.
Northeast Digestive Health Center will relocate its Edison Square office in Concord, N.C., to a larger space.
Spartanburg (S.C.) Regional Healthcare System rebranded its recently acquired Spartanburg-based Mary Black hospitals and the Mary Black Physician group assets.
Boston-based Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center opened the Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer Center in response to elevated CRC rates in young adults.
Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital opened its 37,000-square-foot outpatient clinical center at its hospital in Needham, Mass.
Zachary, La.-based Lane Gastroenterology celebrated its ribbon cutting March 19.
Prince Frederick, Md.-based Calvert Digestive Disease Associates Endoscopy and Surgery Center opened.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is building a 37,000-square-foot multispecialty clinic in Abington, Pa.
Gastroenterology Associates in Crystal River, Fla., is expanding after opening its doors 30 years ago.
Texarkana (Texas) Gastroenterology Consultants recently opened an ambulatory infusion center to cater to inflammatory bowel disease patients' needs.
Debra Sukin, PhD, CEO of Houston Methodist The Woodlands, detailed a $240 million expansion plan for a new patient care tower with endoscopy services in May.
Fargo, N.D.-based Sanford Health officially opened its Center for Digestive Health.
Southeastern Urgent Care Pembroke (N.C.) is rebranding as Southeastern Multi-Specialty and Urgent Care Pembroke as it expands.
Fujifilm is building a $36 million "smart" manufacturing facility in Tochigi, Japan, to double its endoscope production capability.