ASC News

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is leaving it to the state's clinicians to tell him how they'll protect patients and preserve personal protective equipment if he lifts the state's ban on elective surgical procedures, The Columbus Dispatch reports.

Ypsilanti, Mich.-based Saint Joseph Mercy Health System has set up COVID-19 testing sites at four locations in Michigan, including at one of its surgery centers, local ABC affiliate WXYZ reports.

Anesthesiologist Steven Luck, MD, works in a MedStar Health ASC, but after completing an intensive care boot camp he's fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, radio station WTOP News reports.

Clearwater-based Florida Spine Institute and its surgery center is laying off 62 employees and suspending operations due to mounting economic difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Tampa Bay Business Journal reports.  

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health joined the American Hospital Association's "100 Million Mask Challenge," which aims to address personal protective equipment challenges, the Gettysburg Times reports.

Midland (Texas) Memorial Hospital plans to resume some elective procedures in two to three weeks, the Midland Reporter-Telegram reports.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey could recall an executive order banning elective surgeries in the state to help hospitals weather the COVID-19 pandemic, local NBC affiliate 12 News reports.

Rockville, Md.-based Tower Surgical Partners opened the doors to its ASCs in Rockville and Secaucus, N.J. to clinicians looking to perform urgent surgeries.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, some states and health systems continue to perform elective procedures, Medpage Today reports. 

Sami Spencer, CEO of Missoula (Mont.) Bone & Joint Surgery Center, discusses how the coronavirus is affecting operations and her plans to ramp surgery back up in the future.