Specialty physicians pivoted hard to telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, with some 79 percent of specialists reporting utilization increases, according to GlobalData.

Milwaukee-based Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin installed industry veteran LoAnn Vande Leest, BSN, as executive director of ASCs.

The pandemic has created a myriad of staffing challenges for ASCs, according to Mnet Health, a surgical revenue cycle management and technology provider.

ASC Focus outlined how three ASCs are addressing staffing challenges in the wake of COVID-19-related shutdowns:

So far this year, Becker's ASC Review has reported on 22 leadership changes at ASC development, management and services companies:

Eight individuals who have taken on ASC leadership roles this year:

Envision Healthcare shared five actions it is taking to advance diversity, equity and inclusion:

Surgery Partners welcomed Steve Marshall as vice president of integration, according to an Aug. 17 LinkedIn post.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Covenant Physician Partners named longtime Advisory Board Co. executive Laurie Sprung to its board of directors.

Stacy Warner, BSN, RN, is the new director of Covington (La.) Surgery Center.

Jamie Wrenshall-Ridout is a candidate for the position of treasurer with The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, according to Compass Surgical Partners. Elections will take place in the spring.

Americans are delaying outpatient and preventive care "independent of stay-at-home orders or state closures," a New Orleans-based Tulane University professor told local CBS affiliate 4WWL.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare selected a new ambulatory surgery vice president of operations for its Gulf Coast Division.

Surgical Care Affiliates is making employee engagement a priority during the pandemic, according to a profile by Birmingham Business Journal.

Raleigh, N.C.-based Compass Surgical Partners welcomed Sandy Stillman-Alvin as executive administrator.

Jennifer Martin left her role as business office manager at Hermitage, Tenn.-based Summit Surgery Center, according to a LinkedIn post.

ASCs are facing a variety of staffing-related challenges due to COVID-19.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare sent critical care physicians and advanced practice providers to Arizona hospitals to support efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leawood, Kan.-based ValueHealth named former Kansas City, Mo.-based St. Luke's Health System chief patient experience officer Ron Baker president of NueHealth.

The New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers elected three members to its board of directors, according to a July 15 announcement.