Author: Patsy Newitt

The South has become the epicenter of ASC growth, and major operators are increasingly treating the region not as a secondary market but as the next strategic frontier. Steve Hockert, chief development officer of Solara Surgical Partners, told Becker’s the…

Independent physician groups continued to disappear into larger health systems and corporate platforms in 2025. Here are five independent physician groups Becker’s has reported on in the last year. 1. In July, Winter Haven, Fla.-based Bond Clinic, a 90-provider physician…

Solara Surgical is shifting its growth playbook as independent physician partnership opportunities shrink.  Steve Hockert, chief development officer at the Southlake, Texas-based ASC developer, joined Becker’s to discuss how the company has moved in recent years from primarily joint venturing…

Mandy Gerlach, COO of Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health South Florida’s Outpatient Services, joined Becker’s to discuss how her team builds a culture where every employee feels empowered to “stop the line,” and why hiring and leadership alignment are the…

Raleigh, N.C.-based Compass Surgical Partners named Mark Langston as CEO, effective Jan. 5. Mr. Langston previously served as chief development officer at Compass, which partners with physicians and health systems to develop ASCs. He succeeds DJ Hill, who will remain…

Private equity-backed “roll-up” strategies in ASCs have helped create some of the country’s largest platforms, often through a series of smaller acquisitions that may not individually trigger federal antitrust reporting requirements, according to a recent report from the Private Equity…

Thirteen of Baptist Health’s ASCs have earned recognition from The Leapfrog Group, a designation that signals strong performance on patient safety and quality measures at a time when ASCs are caring for increasingly complex patients. Mandy Gerlach, COO of Coral…

As of Jan. 1, ASCs, hospitals, physician groups and other designated health services entities may provide non-monetary compensation to physicians up to an aggregate total of $535 per physician for calendar year 2026, according to a blog post from law…

More than 1 in 5 physicians say they would choose a different career if given the chance to start over, according to Medical Economics‘ 96th Physician Report, published Dec. 29. Here’s how physicians answered the question: “If you could go…

Six national medical societies expressed concern over a CDC panel’s vote to change infant hepatitis B vaccination guidelines, according to a Dec. 8 statement from the American Gastroenterological Association. The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases authored the…