Author: Patsy Newitt

ASC accreditation shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are six ASCs accredited so far in 2021, despite the pandemic:

A state judge has recommended that a USA Health ASC in Fairhope, Ala., be denied due to certificate-of-need criteria, Gulf Coast News Today reported May 12.

More than one year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many ASCs are still experiencing pandemic-related obstacles.

A new ASC, dubbed the Western PA Surgery Center Beaver County Branch, is opening in Center Township, Pa. 

Surgery Center Services of America is opening two ASCs — one in Houston and one in Napa, Calif., CEO Philip Blair confirmed to Becker's ASC Review. 

Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill that would revise the state's certificate-of-need requirements. For ASCs, CON annual fees were raised from $100 to $2,000.

South Dakota and South Carolina are experiencing the quickest workforce recovery since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Vermont and Alaska are experiencing the slowest, according to an analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website.

Peak Surgery Center of Avondale (Ariz.) has received accreditation from both CMS and The Joint Commission, according to a LinkedIn post by the center's clinical director, Will Bozlee, BSN, RN.

Community-based residency programs may help address anesthesiology labor shortages, according to a blog post by Tony Mira, founder of Anesthesia Business Consultants, a MiraMed subsidiary.

Cigna's preventive care is back to pre-pandemic levels, and Blue Cross Blue Shield cut a rule that hampered competition.