For ASCs — where inventory management looks much different than at hospitals — the shift to value-based care comes with big opportunities and risks, said Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems' Ruben Taborda, senior director of supply chain customer solutions.

During a panel discussion at the Becker's ASC 26th Annual Meeting: The Business and Operations of ASCs in Chicago, three accreditation standards experts shared their thoughts on the importance of infection control and how ambulatory surgery centers can improve processes to meet accreditation standards. 

ORHub inked a sales contract that will add over 20,000 cases to its Surgical Spotlight platform through 2020.

Baring Private Equity Asia agreed to acquire specialty-energy-based devicemaker Lumenis for more than $1 billion.

Hiring a materials manager, embracing standardization and consolidating supplies is key to building a cost containment culture at ASCs.

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

After labor costs and devices, implants and medical supplies are an ASC's greatest expense, according to Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health.

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

Physicians ranked current EHR systems as unusable and said they directly contributed to burnout, according to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

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

Columbia-based MU Health Care's Missouri Orthopedic Institute installed an EOS imaging system.

Inventory Optimization Solutions shared tips ASCs can follow to improve supply chain management on the company's blog.

Beverly Bryant, MSN, RN, administrator and director of Yuma (Ariz.) Endoscopy Center, discussed the biggest challenges and opportunities in the center's supply chain management with Becker's ASC Review.

Based on newly released research, the FDA awarded breakthrough designation to Exact Sciences' blood-based biomarker test for the most common type of liver cancer , the company announced Nov. 8.

Because ASCs don't have the purchasing power of large hospitals, they should consider taking advantage of group purchasing options, according to Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health.

Biopharmaceutical company EyePoint Pharmaceuticals reported its third-quarter financial results.

Stephanie Martin, vice president of operations and clinical services for Westchester, Ill.-based ASC management company Regent Surgical Health, shared supply chain tips on Regent's blog.

Managing an ASC supply chain can be challenging, but there are steps centers can take to streamline the job.

Medline is collaborating this week with job-seeker website Indeed to hire 2,000 employees in 13 states.

While today’s consumers are forced to pay higher out-of-pocket costs to cover non-insured procedures, they’re struggling with having the means to cover them.