Author: Patsy Newitt

Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Health broke ground June 17 on a $70 million medical campus with an ASC, according to a news release. 

A lack of high-functioning leadership can "dramatically affect" the culture of an ASC, according to Andrew Lovewell, administrator of the Surgical Center at Columbia (Mo.) Orthopaedic Group.

Only 2 percent of cardiologists have a net worth of under $500,000, according to Medscape.

Comprehensive Surgical Care is planning an ambitious 20-ASC, $125 million expansion, but the company's CMO has a well-developed strategy to avoid staff burnout

Watauga Orthopaedics, a 20-physician group, will break ground on a $17 million ASC June 22, Time News reports. 

From private-equity investment to new screening recommendations, gastroenterology leaders are focusing on several industry shifts.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare sold five of its hospitals in Florida but kept its ASCs, according to a June 16 news release. 

Compass Surgical Partners is opening two ASCs in Raleigh, N.C., and Odessa, Fla., the company announced. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Montecito Medical acquired two orthopedic medical office buildings, one with an ASC, in Fairfield and Shelton, Conn., according to a June 17 email. 

Trudy Wiig, RN, administrator of Kerlan-Jobe Surgery Center, an affiliate of Cedars Sinai, in Los Angeles, spoke with Becker's ASC Review on how she feels health systems can undermine their partner ASCs.