The Chevy Chase (Md.) Surgery Center and Armenia Fund USA are sending supplies to Armenia to assist in the country's response to COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, according to Asbarez.

ASC manager Megan Smith was named Non-Clinical Employee of the Month by Hattiesburg, Miss.-based Merit Health Wesley, Mississippi Business Journal reports.

A former USPI Holding Co. executive is suing the company, alleging it shorted a select number of workers' stock payouts by undervaluing the company after its merger with Tenet, Law360 reports. 

Quincy, Mass.-based Shields Health Care Group is making a big bet on outpatient care under new president Peter Ferrari, the Boston Globe reports. 

Surgery Center of Aiken (S.C.) is one of several area facilities restricting visitors over COVID-19 fears, the Aiken Standard reports.

The Georgia Senate passed a bill that would require cosmetic surgery centers to adhere to a set of rules and regulations, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

After Christopher Holden's resignation, Envision Healthcare tapped James Rechtin — the president of OptumCare — to take over as president and CEO.

Dario Moscoso, owner of San Diego-based Del Mar Cosmetic Contouring Surgery Center, allegedly posed as a physician, performed procedures and inappropriately touched four patients between 2017 and 2019, the Times of San Diego reports.

Three recent ASC executive moves:

HCA Houston Healthcare is building the Center for Clinical Advancement, that will provide specialized training opportunities for outpatient surgery center nurses, among others.

OptumCare President James Rechtin is moving to Nashville, Tenn., to take the helm of Envision Healthcare. 

Ophthalmologist Alison Zambelli, MD, plans to begin operating in Beaver Valley ASC later this year, according to The Times.

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Children's Hospital opened its new surgery center in January and is now seeking a naming rights-level donor for the center, the Sacramento Business Journal reports.

Patrick Rohan was named CEO of Medical City Frisco (Texas), which is undertaking a $54 million medical office building and ASC project, according to the Frisco Enterprise.

In January, Eric Evans succeeded Wayne DeVeydt as CEO of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners, a healthcare services company that owns and operates more than 180 locations in 32 states.

Kerri Ubaldi has more than two decades of experience in healthcare, many of them serving in leadership roles both on the clinical and business sides.

Neurosurgeon Swaid Swaid, MD, opened a $21 million medical complex with an ASC in Vestavia Hills, Ala., last month, HC&O News reports.

Michael Suk, MD, chair of the Geisinger Musculoskeletal Institute in Danville, Pa., shared four top challenges for ASCs in an article published by the American College of Perioperative Medicine:

Timothy F. Corvino, MD, is joining Greenwich, Conn.-based Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists as its new CEO March 1.

Three recent ASC executive moves: