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The COVID-19 pandemic has "changed everything in the ambulatory surgery space, including strategic planning and supply chain," according to Helene Levenson, BSN, RN, senior consultant of clinical operations for Cardinal Health.

As of March, California had more professionally active surgery specialists than any other state and Washington, D.C., according to Kaiser Family Foundation data.

Urosurgical Center of Richmond (Va.) is using a LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot to bolster its infection prevention efforts, according to an October announcement.

  An otolaryngologist with Tarrytown, N.Y.-based ENT and Allergy Associates relocated from the practice's Manhattan office to one in New Jersey, according to a Nov. 4 press release.

Atlanta-based Southern Ear, Nose, Throat & Allergy Partners has a strategic interest in affiliating with practices that own ASCs, two executives of the private-equity backed group said in a November interview.

Gender disparities remain in 2020, with some specialties more unequal than others, according to Doximity's "2020 Physician Compensation Report" released Oct. 29.

  Barbara Auguste will join Tarrytown, N.Y.-based ENT and Allergy Associates Nov. 9 as its new director of regulatory affairs, the practice announced in a Nov. 3 press release.

Thirty ASCs affiliated with Addison, Texas-based United Surgical Partners International made Newsweek's ranking of "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers 2021."

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a lasting effect on healthcare compensation, according to Doximity's 2020 Physician Compensation Report released Oct. 29.

  Tarrytown, N.Y.-based ENT and Allergy Associates renewed its contract with insurer MVP Health Care, according to an Oct. 30 press release.