Leadership

Here are 9 recent leadership appointments in the ambulatory and surgical space, as reported by Becker’s:  1. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare named Michael Schlosser, MD, as chief clinical officer and executive vice president, and Charles Gressle as president of the…

ASCs are already contending with a broader staffing crunch, including a physician shortage and a shrinking anesthesia workforce that recruiters describe as a widening supply problem.  Layered on top of that shortage, the price of replacing even one departing physician…

CMS’ addition of 573 codes to the ASC covered procedure list for 2026 has sparked new interest from ASC leaders in expanding service lines. But the logistics, investments and operational tools necessary to ramp up or add entirely new services…

ASCs can often deliver surgical care more efficiently and at a lower cost than HOPDs, but regulatory and reimbursement barriers continue to stand in the way.  Scott Shapiro, MD, a cardiologist with Horsham, Pa.-based AMS Cardiology and past president of…

The future of the ASC industry looks different depending on whom you ask, which could be a sign of just how much change is underway across the space.  From “accessibility” to “consolidation” to “uncertainty,” 42 ASC leaders, administrators and physician…

From block time hoarding to implant cost blindness, there are many factors that drive the gap between a busy ASC and a profitable one, and beneath them sits a harder problem operators are only beginning to name. An ASC can…

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has named Michael Schlosser, MD, as chief clinical officer and executive vice president, and Charles Gressle as president of the company’s new Ambulatory Operations Group.  In the new role, Dr. Schlosser will assume responsibility for the…

For years, many ASCs have operated outside healthcare’s transparency movement. This year, the industry is shifting, and the push didn’t just come from patients. The Leapfrog Group’s ASC Public Reporting Program launched July 27 alongside Leapfrog’s 2026 ratings, which cover…

Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare has named four new physician leaders in anesthesiology, gastroenterology, cardiothoracic surgery and women’s health.  Here are the new appointments, according to a July 29 news release from AtlantiCare:

Many physician leaders are reporting a troubling pattern: Physicians who sell their practices to private equity, cash out and then end up recreating the same predatory terms on the physicians coming up behind them. Private equity consolidation is reshaping medicine…