Oswego (N.Y.) Health is employing a team of surgical navigators to assist patients returning to the hospital for elective procedures, NNY 360 reports.

Back in March, on the day the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, we worked with our clients to identify seven critical messages ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) should consider sharing with patients, staff, vendors, and other visitors coming to their facilities.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy appointed New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers President Jeff Shanton to his Restart and Recovery Advisory Council.

ASCs must move quickly and safely when chipping away at large backlogs of elective procedures, according to industry group leaders who spoke to ASC Focus. 

Apex Surgical Center's Mary Beth Cappelli, RN, was recognized by New York State Assembly Member Marianne Buttenschon, D-Marcy, for excellence in nursing, the Observer-Dispatch reports.

Charlotte (N.C.) Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates is looking to hire a director to oversee SouthPark Surgery Center in Charlotte.

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson hired Kelvin Baggett, MD, as the city's first Health and Healthcare Access Czar, according to local NBC affiliate NBC DFW.

Three Michigan medical practices are suing the state over an executive order that banned nonessential procedures in the state, local radio station WKZO reports.

Sixty-three percent of physicians who responded to the "91st Annual Medical Economics Physician Report" said their practice does not employ IT staff.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare created a wellness initiative to help its more than 40,000 clinicians and employees adjust to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sarasota (Fla.) Plastic Surgery Center added Sally Gruters as its director of marketing, Sarasota reports.

Artificial intelligence company Caresyntax launched Restart, a software program surgical leaders and hospital executives can use to restart elective surgical procedures.

Ambulatory Surgery Center of Niagara used downtime during pandemic-related shutdowns as an opportunity to improve its branding, according to Kathleen Otto, the ASC's marketing director.

Independent medical practices haven't reached a consensus on when patient volumes will return to normal, according to a new survey conducted by Kareo.

Suffering blows to their finances, staffing and normal business models, ASCs are preparing to reopen for patients as nearly two dozen states ease restrictions on elective surgeries.

Tenet Healthcare is furloughing nurses on a voluntary basis at St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester, Mass., according to Boston broadcasting station WGBH.

Tom Hui is founder and CEO of ASC software company HST Pathways, which has been addressing surgery centers' unique needs for 15 years.

West Tennessee Healthcare is trying to battle COVID-19-related losses through a series of temporary closures, local news organization WBBJ reports.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association is taking its annual conference online this year due to safety concerns, the organization announced April 15.

The American Medical Association petitioned legislators to increase financial relief to clinician practices across the U.S.