Ohio hospitals will be required to postpone most elective surgeries and procedures under a new mandate from the Ohio Department of Health, Fox19Now.com reports.
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Surgery centers are closing across the country due to COVID-19.
ASCs should postpone elective surgeries during the coronavirus pandemic unless a delay of six to eight weeks is likely to "significantly" compromise a patient's safety, the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association said in a March 18 memo.
The Trump administration is taking various actions to help address and contain the spread of COVID-19, according to a CMS news release.
A certified registered nurse anesthetist was arrested in Arizona Feb. 27 for allegedly stealing narcotics from Sunrise Ambulatory Surgical Center and Summit Healthcare, according to wmicentral.com.
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MedPAC released its 2020 report, including recommendations to maintain beneficiary access to ASC services and requiring ASCs, keeping providers under financial pressure to constrain costs and require centers to submit cost data.
The Ambulatory Surgical Center of Stevens Point (Wis.) treated its 10,000th patient in March, Stevens Point News reports.
Penn Highlands Elk in St. Marys, Pa., is moving pain management and outpatient surgery cases from its ASC to its hospital by May 4, according to the Bradford Era.
The Waverly Lake Surgery Center in Albany, Ore., closed Thursday after one of its staff was potentially exposed to COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, according to the Albany Democrat Herald.