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A recent poll by the Florida Hospital Association shows that the majority of its members expected a "critical staffing shortage" to occur this month, NBC affiliate WESH 2 News reported Aug. 12.

Washington, California, Oregon and New York have announced vaccine mandates for state employees or healthcare workers as COVID-19 surges nationwide. 

ASC administrators in many states are working overtime as they brace for hospital spillover due to rising COVID-19 hospitalizations. 

The staffing crisis has made it difficult for many independent ASCs to recruit, but for Santa Cruz (Calif.) Surgery Center, improving benefit packages and increasing coverage has allowed them to compete. 

ASCs have to balance the often diverging needs of patients, providers and payers to produce quality outcomes. 

MedStar Surgery Center at Timonium (Md.) relies on a positive environment and adding service lines to remain competitive.  

In a recent press release, Regent Surgical Health announced they appointed Rusty Strange to serve as its new Chief Information Officer and Melissa Szabad, a partner with Chicago law firm McGuireWoods and the Company’s outside counsel, will be joining as General Counsel.

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are surging again, with hot spots primarily in southern states like Texas, Louisiana and Florida, according to The New York Times' Aug. 6 data.

COVID-19-spurred staffing shortages still are affecting many ASCs nationally. 

The ASC industry is going through big changes, with several exciting federal government and payer policy changes that could drive surgery center growth. But there are also big roadblocks that stymie progress for ASCs and could force surgeons to sell…