Supply Chain

ORHub's Colton Melby is stepping down as chairman and CEO of the healthcare analytics company.

Hospital-based supply chain strategies often work for ASCs too, said Molly Ehrlich, a consulting director with healthcare improvement company Vizient.

Stephanie Martin, vice president of operations and clinical services for ASC management company Regent Surgical Health, shared this supply chain tip on Regent's blog:

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.