Becker's Healthcare March 26, 2020
Angie Stewart

In a state where cases of COVID-19 are doubling nearly every three days, the New York State Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers is regularly communicating with its roughly 80 members to offer guidance, resources and leadership through the crisis.

Circumstances surrounding the novel coronavirus pandemic have evolved rapidly. About two weeks ago, NYSAASC was relaying the CDC’s initial screening guidelines to its centers. That guidance escalated to higher levels of screening. Then, about a week ago, NYSAASC echoed recommendations from the American College of Surgeons, the U.S. surgeon general, the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and others, urging facilities to postpone elective cases.

Even that protocol changed in just a matter of days. On March 22, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo...

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