Pittsburgh-based UPMC will close its ASCs and other outpatient locations to protect staff and save protective equipment to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, introduced a bill on March 19 that would allow physician-owned hospitals to expand their facilities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Bloomberg Government.
Surgery centers are canceling elective surgeries or imposing visitor limits in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The physician shareholders of Connecticut Orthopaedic Specialists want to transfer their surgery center ownership interest to Hartford (Conn.) Health Care Surgery Center Holdings, according to a March 9 document from the Connecticut Office of Health Strategy.
Seattle-based Proliance Surgeons canceled elective procedures at its 90 clinical care centers and 20 ASCs March 17 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Surgery centers are canceling elective surgeries or imposing visitor limits in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
ASCs can play a key role in combating COVID-19, according to a special report by MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
Surgery centers are canceling elective surgeries or imposing visitor limits in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Three North Carolina health systems plan to reschedule nonessential surgeries, procedures and ambulatory appointments beginning March 18, in response to increasing cases of the coronavirus disease.
Surgery centers are canceling elective surgeries or imposing visitor limits in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.