Technology, process optimization and analysis are three ways ASCs can improve supply chain operations, according to Grant Thornton's Operations Transformation Principal Jeff Berman, who leads the company's healthcare supply chain practice.

Cheryl Poplaski, Vizient's senior director of supply chain operations, outlined what ASCs can do to prepare for supply chain disruptions.

Medtronic is closing a Portsmouth, N.H., facility that employs 150 workers, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports.

Modernizing Medicine will showcase modmed Dermatology's data sharing features at two upcoming conferences.

Stryker completed the acquisition of medical device company Arrinex.

  Not all group purchasing organizations are the same, according to Alpharetta, Ga.-based Surgical Information Systems Chief Nursing Officer Ann Geier, RN.

  HSTpathways CEO Tom Hui shared three main ways ASCs can solve interoperability challenges in a Forbes article.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., plans to work with President Donald Trump to give Florida patients access to FDA-approved drugs from Canada, the Orlando Weekly reports.

AxoGen shareholders filed a class action lawsuit alleging the human tissue company "aggressively" increased prices to disguise lower sales.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Loden iVision Centers enlisted a recruiting firm to conduct a physician search.

Alpharetta, Ga.-based Surgical Information Systems Chief Nursing Officer Ann Geier, RN, shared tips for ASCs to improve inventory management practices on the company's blog.

A technology-based startup aiming to improve surgical outcomes for surgery centers, hospitals and independent surgeons received $1.2 million in funding from investors, the Missoulian reports.

Neil Olderman, partner at law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath and president of consulting firm Innovative Health Strategies told Becker's ASC Review the key ASC supply chain trends to watch.

Royal Philips launched Philips Zenition, a mobile C-arm platform.

 The average ASC spends $549,000 per operating room on drugs and medical supplies, accounting for nearly one-fourth of facility net revenue each year, according to VMG Health's 2018 Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Southpoint Surgery Center is implementing HST pathways' EHR software, eChart, according to HST pathways Southeast Regional Director Jon Trujillo. 

Neil Olderman, partner at law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath and president of consulting firm Innovative Health Strategies said in the next 10 years, ASCs can expect to see device maker role changes in operating suites, device makers treating ASCs as clients and for supply chain to shift its focus toward being accountable for patient outcomes.

Neil Olderman, partner at law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath, and president of Drinker Biddle & Reath's consulting firm Innovative Health Strategies, counsels hospital and health system clients on group purchasing arrangements, capital equipment acquisitions, as well as clinical and purchased services agreements.

Sixty patients are suing Dallas-based Guardian Pharmacy and two Dallas-area surgery centers that administered the company's compounded solution in 2016 and 2017, WFAA reports.

Alpharetta, Ga.-based Surgical Information Systems Chief Nursing Officer Ann Geier, RN, shared tips for ASCs to improve inventory management practices on the company's blog.