ASC News

COVID-19 has left its mark on ASCs, with revenues tanking and management companies hurrying to figure out a way to help centers address the pandemic.

Fort Worth, Texas-based JPS Health Network plans to reopen Surgical Center Arlington (Texas) as the state braces for a surge of COVID-19 patients, KERA News reports.

Spokane, Wash.-based Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists implemented a series of changes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Spokesman-Review reports.

Tacoma, Wash.-based Foot & Ankle Surgical Associates is using its ASC to assist hospitals with their surgical caseload, SouthSound Talk reports.

Mason City, Iowa-based providers MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center and Mason City Clinic partnered to expand MercyOne's outpatient presence, local news outlet KIMT3 reports.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association is postponing its 2020 annual meeting, President and CEO William Prentice announced April 1.

CMS issued new regulations on March 30 that will allow ASCs more flexibility in treating patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ASCs may be eligible for financial relief under the CARES Act, a nearly $2 trillion stimulus package for small and mid-size businesses, The National Law Review reports.

Four more governors have issued executive orders or recommended healthcare facilities cancel elective surgical procedures.

An unspecified person shot a BB pellet into the front window of Elmwood Park, Ill.-based Suburban Surgery Center March 17, the Chicago Tribune reports.