Surprise, Ariz.-based Desert Mirage Surgery Center leased 11,196 square feet in the 37,424-square-foot Desert Mirage Medical Plaza, Commercial Property Executive reports.  By Eric Oliver - 3/19/20

Chicago-based Lincoln Park Gastroenterology Center is seeking state approval to establish an ambulatory surgical treatment center, according to a Feb. 11 document.  By Angie Stewart - 3/19/20

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center plans to convert a former supermarket into an ASC for more than $15 million, Nashville Business Journal reports.  By Angie Stewart - 3/19/20

Two major accrediting organizations are suspending normal survey activities due to COVID-19.  By Angie Stewart - 3/19/20

Las Vegas Institute of Advanced Surgery is building a 13,000-square-foot surgery center, Nevada Business reports.   By Eric Oliver - 3/19/20

Capital Square 1031 launched a Delaware statutory trust offering March 19 for a pair of medical office buildings in Corpus Christi, Texas.  By Eric Oliver - 3/19/20

ASCs can play a key role in combating COVID-19, according to a special report by MSNBC's "Morning Joe."  By Eric Oliver - 3/19/20

Boise (Idaho) Anesthesia Physician Associates laid off 53 employees in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Idaho Statesman reports.  By Eric Oliver - 3/19/20

Kaiser-Permanente is looking into using ASCs and critical-care hospitals to add beds for patients for the surge of COVID-19 patients in Colorado, according to the Denver Post.  By Rachel Popa - 3/19/20

ASCs that effectively implement processes to monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) strengthen their center's revenue cycle performance. This is made possible by recognizing problems that negatively affect revenue and profits. Once identified, ASCs can apply data-driven changes that stop and reverse negative trends.  By Angela Mattioda, Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management Services, Surgical Notes - 3/19/20

Hospitals, hospital outpatient departments and ASCs with low COVID-19 cases treating intermediate acuity and unhealthy patients should consider postponing low-risk cancer surgeries and nonurgent spine and orthopedic surgeries, according to a new CMS recommendation.  By Rachel Popa - 3/19/20

The COVID-19 pandemic has made the world more "infection-conscious," which could accelerate ASC migration down the line, according to Atlas Surgical Group CEO Shakeel Ahmed, MD.  By Angie Stewart - 3/19/20

Physicians and other medical professionals will no longer need a new license to care for patients across state lines, according to a statement made by Vice President Mike Pence during a White House press briefing on March 18.  By Laura Dyrda - 3/19/20

  Alfonso del Granado, administrator of the Covenant High Plains Surgery Center in Lubbock, Texas, shares his thoughts and expertise on improving infection control in ASCs.  By Rachel Popa - 3/18/20

  Molly Ehrlich, Vizient's consulting director of advisory solutions for supply chain operations, shared a story on Vizient's blog about an operating room that kept running out of supplies.  By Rachel Popa - 3/18/20

  The Oregon Surgical Institute in Beaverton, Ore., an ASC dedicated solely to outpatient joint replacements, opened last year. Two of the institutes partner surgeons, Drs. Jim Ballard and Chris Nanson, shared their thoughts on their experience opening the center with Regent Surgical Health.  By Rachel Popa - 3/18/20

  Alejandro Badia, MD, is the founder of the OrthoNOW orthopedic walk-in clinics. Dr. Badia specializes in hand and upper extremity surgery, and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Here, Dr. Badia shares his thoughts on private equity in orthopedics, outpatient total joints and more.  By Rachel Popa - 3/18/20

Allegheny Health Network's 2019 net income was up $95 million year over year, and ASC volume increased by about 9 percent, according to TribLive.  By Angie Stewart - 3/18/20

Surgery centers are canceling elective surgeries or imposing visitor limits in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.   By Eric Oliver - 3/18/20

Digestive Disease Week 2020 has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.   By Eric Oliver - 3/18/20