Leadership

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners increased its board to nine members with the appointment of a hospital industry veteran.

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed healthcare, and while surgery centers benefit from being isolated from directly fighting the pandemic, change was prevalent throughout the industry last year and will remain a constant going forward.

The pandemic accelerated the shift to outpatient surgery and ASCs as physicians and patients sought elective surgeries away from hospitals treating COVID-19 patients. But the pandemic also placed financial constraints on surgery centers that made it more difficult for some…

San Diego-based ASCs Inc. named Stephanie Tarry as executive vice president.

It was a relatively slow week on Capitol Hill concerning healthcare but three big news stories stood out: 

ASCs in California are thriving, with new development growing to meet demand of the state's population.

The ASC landscape has evolved to become more challenging for independent centers and facilities reliant on low-acuity cases.

Six ASC leaders shared the resources and people they go to for business advice.

Roughly four years ago, Surgical Notes launched "The Note Pad," an online community of surgery center professionals exclusively for Surgical Notes clients.

Here are 11 recent surgery centers with job openings: