After consulting with clinicians, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is leaving it to hospitals and outpatient surgery centers to decide whether to begin performing elective procedures again, Fox 19 reports.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom began allowing hospitals to resume some elective surgeries April 22, NBC Bay Area reports.
The ASC sector will be among the hardest hit sectors in the Moody's U.S. healthcare corporate portfolio, according to a report released on April 21.
Surgery Center of Aiken (S.C.) and Aiken Regional Medical Center announced April 20 it will resume elective procedures, the Augusta Chronicle reports.
Irving, Texas-based Christus Health will begin to certify its facilities to perform elective surgeries again, TXK Today reports.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is allowing hospitals in some counties in the state to begin elective surgeries again if they do not face significant risk of a nearterm COVID-19 surge, according to an April 21 announcement.
Pittsburgh-based UPMC is ramping up elective procedures with the goal to reach pre-COVID-19 volumes within six weeks, despite an order from Gov. Tom Wolf to stop elective procedures, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts will allow surgeons to begin performing elective procedures May 4, after the initial elective surgery ban lifts, Siouxland News reports.
Several states are debating whether to resume elective procedures or have implemented executive orders restarting the procedures.
Oregon Rep. Cheri Helt, R-Bend, sent a letter to Gov. Kate Brown calling for the reintroduction of elective surgical procedures, the Portland Business Journal reports.