Sioux Falls (S.D.) Specialty Hospital is performing surgeries, but only ones that comply with Republican Gov. Kristi Noem's mandate to cease elective surgeries, the Argus Leader reports.
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The spread of COVID-19 has dominated national news for most of March, but other ASC-related updates have been trickling out of the industry.
Rome (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital is hoping to increase capacity by 50 percent to treat COVID-19 patients by using an ASC and other healthcare facilities, according to the Rome Sentinel.
Healthcare leaders are weighing the possibility that ASCs could help hospitals handle surges of COVID-19 cases across the U.S.
Jamestown (N.D.) Regional Medical Center has a surge plan in place to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, The Jamestown Sun reports.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo postponed elective surgeries in the state and ordered ASCs, general hospitals, office-based surgery practices and diagnostic centers to make beds available to patients if needed, the National Law Review reports.
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Professional societies are offering guidance to ASCs and healthcare practice on how to handle the COVID-19 pandemic.
Less than a year after opening, a Nebraska ASC has plans to bolster its workforce, Sioux City Journal reports.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear ordered clinicians to stop performing elective medical procedures March 23 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Louisville Courier Journal reports.