Supply Chain

ASC supply chains run more efficiently when they follow a set cycle, said Molly Ehrlich, Vizient's consulting director of advisory solutions for supply chain operations.

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals released their financial results for the fourth quarter of 2018.

The FDA launched a quality assurance program to solicit commercial payers' feedback on medical device coverage requirements, HealthPayerIntelligence reports.

Medline's Outpatient Outcomes magazine outlined eight ways ASCs can streamline supply chain ordering with inventory management software.

Stryker Corp. is purchasing surgical device maker Invuity for $190 million.

Bausch Health continued to pay down its outstanding debt with another $107 million in debt payments.

Hospital-based supply chain strategies often work for ASCs too, said Molly Ehrlich, Vizient's consulting director of advisory solutions for supply chain operations.

ASCs should "test the market" to save supply chain costs, said Director Rob Austin, Senior Consultant Don Baverman and Senior Consultant Marissa Burik of Navigant Consulting, a healthcare consulting firm.

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals selected Göran Ando, MD, as its next chairman of the board.

The FDA cleared Baxter Internationals' synthetic bone graft substitute Actifuse Flow for use in several orthopedic surgical procedures, Verdict Medical Devices reports.