ASC News

Waukegan, Ill.-based Vista Health System resumed services that were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lake County Journal reports.

Palmer, Alaska-based Mat-Su Surgical Associates reported a ransomware attack that affected thousands of patients' information. 

Matthew Ewasko, administrator of Physicians Alliance Surgery Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., outlines how his center is resuming elective procedures and key considerations for ramping back up to full volume.

Raghu Reddy, executive administrator of SurgCenter of Western Maryland in Cumberland outlines how his center is recovering from the pandemic and thinking about the future.

The ASC market is projected to reach $7.2 billion in worth by 2025, according to a MarketsandMarkets report.

Lubbock, Texas-based Covenant High Plains Surgery Center Administrator Alfonso del Granado outlines the ASC's plan to resume elective procedures while also planning for an unknown future amid the pandemic.

Memphis, Tenn.-based Semmes Murphy Clinic CEO John Lewis describes the group's approach to resuming surgery post-pandemic and where it's headed in the future.

Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth Surgery Center recently resumed elective surgeries, as the health system works to return to pre-COVID-19 working conditions, local TV station 47 ABC reports.

The COVID-19 pandemic could've canceled or delayed around 28.4 million elective procedures during its peak 12-week disruption, according to a study in the British Journal of Surgery.

Several surgery centers in Syracuse, N.Y., have restarted elective procedures after Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an order allowing ASCs to do so in certain counties, Syracuse.com reports.