Leadership

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.

Alfonso del Granado, administrator of Covenant High Plains Surgery Center in Lubbock, Texas, discussed his priorities and plans for 2022 with Becker's ASC Review. 

Consolidation, payer policies, nurse shortages and COVID-19 will continue to loom large for ASCs over the next 12 months.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners has been focused on growth over the past 12 months.

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