Supply Chain

ASCs can use technology to improve supply chain operations, according to Garry Cooper, PhD, CEO and co-founder of asset management company Rheaply.

Medline's co-founder and longtime CEO James Mills died at 82, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Physician preference items can represent more than 50 percent of a surgery center's spend, according to Ann Castro, vice president of non-acute sales for healthcare data insight company BroadJump.

  OptioSurgical has received $3.3 million to expand its services into specialties including spine and cardiology.

Supply chain company McKesson has opened a new distribution center outside Seattle.

Supply chain solutions company Inventory Optimization Solutions shared tips ASCs can follow to improve supply chain management on the company's blog.

A permanent reimbursement code for YUTIQ, an implant intended to treat chronic eye inflammation made by EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, was assigned by CMS one quarter early.

Time is a limited resource, especially at surgery centers. ASCs can free up time for clinicians by combining the supplies used most often into a procedure pack, streamlining operations and reducing supply costs, according Mandie Shipp, senior consultant in clinical…

ASCs can pressure vendors to be more price-transparent, according to Ann Castro, vice president of non-acute sales for healthcare data insight company BroadJump.

Independent practice coalition Strategic Radiology entered into a vendor agreement with Neurologica to provide discounts to outpatient imaging centers.