ASC News

ASCs are planning to resume elective procedures.

Tupelo-based North Mississippi Medical Center restarted elective surgeries at certain locations — including its ASC — April 28.

Beaumont, Texas-based Riceland Healthcare reopened its surgery center and resumed procedures April 23, the Beaumont Enterprise reports.

Hospitals and surgery centers in Santa Barbara, Calif., plan to restart elective surgical procedures in early May, Noozhawk reports.

With elective procedure restrictions lifted, the team at Texas Midwest Surgery Center is ready to get back to work, Administrative Director Cathy Casey told BigCountryHomepage.com.

Taylor Cera, COO of Orthopaedic Surgery Center in Youngstown, Ohio, outlines how the surgery center plans to ramp up elective surgeries and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam extended the state's ban on elective surgeries, local ABC affiliate WHSV - TV 3 reports.

Ambulatory practice visits were down nearly 60 percent in mid-March for more than 50,000 provider clients of Phreesia, a healthcare technology company, The Commonwealth Fund reported based on new research.

Several states are debating whether to resume elective procedures or have implemented executive orders restarting the procedures. 

Several centers are debating whether to resume elective procedures following decisions by state governments to restart procedures.