Leadership

Many ASC employees are left overworked as staff shortages, exacerbated by COVID-19 spikes and vaccination mandates, plague the healthcare industry.  

ASC founder Ronald Mitchell Stewart, MD, died Jan. 8 at age 81, according to his obituary published on the Anniston Star. 

As another COVID-19 surge sweeps the country, some ASCs are again encountering cautious patients avoiding nonurgent surgeries. 

David Doherty, senior vice president, corporate finance, and controller at Surgery Partners, will become CFO Feb. 1, the healthcare services company said Jan. 10.

After announcing a plan to eliminate the inpatient-only list, last year CMS eventually reversed its stance — keeping the list, adding more procedures to it, and frustrating ASC leaders nationwide.

In the current climate of consolidation among health systems and physician groups, maintaining independence can seem daunting.

Former ASC and hospital CEO J. Blake Peart has joined Fort Worth, Texas-based mergers and acquisitions advisory firm Vertess as a managing director.

The ASC industry experienced significant growth in the early 2000s with a large number of surgeons developing and investing in surgery centers.

Irvine, Calif.-based Tarsus Pharmaceuticals appointed Virginia Surgery Center ophthalmologist Elizabeth Yeu, MD, to its board of directors.

Gahanna, Ohio-based Central Ohio Urology Group, an affiliate of private equity-backed U.S. Urology Partners, named Jason Guagenti its new COO.