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Oklahoma City-based OU Medicine developed and rolled out a surge plan to deal with COVID-19 cases, The Norman Transcript reports.

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BayCare Health System is retraining and reassigning employees who work in departments where elective surgeries are suspended, the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC made a series of moves to reduce surgical caseloads across some of its locations, the Bedford Gazette reports.

Marion (Ill.) HealthCare is appealing a ruling that the contracts entered into by Carbondale-based Southern Illinois HealthCare and BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois did not violate federal antitrust laws, Bloomberg Law reports. 

For surgery centers, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic could linger long after the crisis is contained.

Florida's emergency operations center is surveying ASCs about their resources and capacity for COVID-19 patients, according to WUSF News.

Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare could reopen a vacant surgery center to deal with a potential surge of COVID-19 patients, the Tallahassee Democrat reports.

Genesis Surgery Center and Northpointe Surgical Suites could be used to increase bed counts in Muskingum County, Ohio, the Zanesville Times Recorder reports.

Here are six COVID-19 updates for ASC leaders to know: