Leadership

Joe Peluso, administrator at Aestique Surgery Center in Greensburg, Pa., is Becker's ASC Administrator of the Week. 

As private equity and value-based care continue to boom and more procedures migrate to ASCs, many leaders expect changes in how health systems, hospitals and ASCs are run in 2023. 

The six largest ASC chains represent a combined network of 33,000 physicians and more than 1,000 locations. 

From consolidation to physician shortages, seven physicians recently spoke with Becker's to discuss the healthcare trends they're wary of in 2023. 

Here are two ASC industry leadership moves that Becker's has reported on since May 16:

Christine Blackburn, BSN, RN, administrator of South Kansas City Surgicenter in Overland Park, Kan., is Becker's ASC Administrator of the Week. 

The six largest ASC chains represent a combined network of 33,000 physicians and more than 1,000 locations. 

Tips for a Hospital Administrator on Bone Graft Selection

Plastic surgeons are the happiest physicians outside of work, a Feb. 24 Medscape report found. 

Fifty-two percent of hospital physicians would take a pay cut for a better work-life balance, according to Medscape's "Hospitalist Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2023" released Feb. 22.