Avoiding Pandemic Predicaments

Jean Mancheno outlines the key legal and operational challenges ambulatory surgery centers continued to face as they emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. The article focuses on evolving workplace issues, including vaccination policies, employee accommodations and workplace safety requirements, while offering practical guidance for navigating a rapidly changing regulatory environment. She stresses that surgery centers should remain flexible and proactive in updating their policies and employment practices to address ongoing COVID-related risks and compliance obligations.