ASC News

Here are the most-read stories on Becker's ASC Review the week of April 13-17:

Hospitals in upstate New York are reducing staff members after having to put their elective surgery programs on hold, The Daily Star reports.

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System resumed performing outpatient elective surgeries at its five hospitals, Bridge reports.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt amended his executive order to allow certain elective surgeries to resume April 24, local news outlet FOX 25 reports.

Self Regional Healthcare is extending its pause on elective procedures and keeping its surgery center closed until May 4.

Fargo, N.D.-based Center for Pain Medicine Clinic and Surgery Center will reopen for procedures April 22, Inforum reports.

President Donald Trump released his Opening America plan, a phased outline to restart the U.S. economy April 16. 

UnitedHealth Group CEO David Wichmann said that most procedures at Surgical Care Affiliates ASCs have been postponed during the company's first quarter earnings call. 

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.