ASC News

Here are the top ASC articles for the week of Dec. 13 through Dec. 19:

Dawn Knight, CEO and administrator of Mokena, Ill.-based Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, discusses her three key ideas for running a successful business and where she will be focused in 2019.

A former eye center employee who was convicted of stealing $514,000 from the center was sentenced to five years in prison, according to the Williamsburg Yorktown Daily.

Administrator of Chicago-based APAC Surgical Center II Deb Goodman discusses the three core principles she follows to run a successful business and what she'll focus on in the next year.

The Bowie-based University of Maryland Capital Region Surgery Center recorded 4,000 visits in 2018, according to the organization's LinkedIn post.

Four ASC leaders weighed in on the top trends they expect to see drive ASC growth in 2019 in the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association's ASC Physician Focus newsletter.

Increasing competition for outpatient care, growth in orthopedic and spine surgeries and value-based purchasing decisions will shape the ASC industry in 2019, according to Mizuho OSI Enterprise Business Director David Parks.

Spine Team Texas' Allen Surgery Center was named a 2018 HREI Insights Awards finalist for best new medical office building and other outpatient facilities. 

Cleveland Clinic struck a deal to keep Strongsville (Ohio) City Schools from challenging Strongsville Family Health and Surgery Center's tax-exempt status, cleveland.com reports.

As we near the end of the year, let's look back at some of the biggest developments affecting the ASC industry in 2018. And there were many of them.