The report includes comments from Rob Schwartz, executive director of the Washington Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, and Yakima Ambulatory Surgical Center Administrator Kimberly Tude Thuot.
The column also includes comments from local hospital leadership who say they support the use of ASCs in appropriate circumstances.
Read the Yakima Herald-Republic report about ambulatory surgery centers.
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