Supply Chain

The approval backlog is here, and the medical device industry is pleading with Congress to fund the FDA during the government shutdown, Medscape reports.

Conmed Corp. is offering $300 million in senior notes to qualified institutional buyers through a private offering.

Educating ASC staff on supply chain best practices can be fun, according to Quorum Purchasing Advantage Vice President Tony Bramer.

Medivis, a surgical augmented reality company partnering with Microsoft, was co-founded by radiologist Christopher Morley, MD.

ASCs can cut costs by controlling how supplies are shipped, according to FreightCenter's Terese Kerrigan, director of marketing communications.

Chris Childers, Cardinal Health's national sales director of strategic accounts, weighed in on best supply chain practices for ASCs.

  ASCs should minimize the number of different storage locations for the same item, said Molly Ehrlich, Vizient's consulting director of advisory solutions for supply chain operations.

Using data can make your practice more efficient, according to Scott McDade, McKesson Medical-Surgical's general manager of health systems.

Here are five Becker's ASC Review articles covering ASC supply chain management:

Executive director of Langhorne, Pa.-based The Ambulatory Surgery Center at St. Mary's, Ashley Verbitsky, discusses her biggest pain points in supply chain management and how she's tackling the toughest challenges.