Leadership

  Jackson, Mich.-based MiraMed Global Services has donated more than 250 coats in Michigan and Illinois, according to a Dec. 11 news release.

A longtime leader of the Georgia Society of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Andrew King, died at home on Dec. 3, according to ASC Focus.

 Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare made a series of changes to its leadership team, according to a Dec. 11 press release.

While the pandemic has underscored the value of ASCs, they will continue battling reimbursement limitations, logistical challenges and consequences of COVID-19 going into 2021, according to Bill Prentice, CEO of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.

President-elect Joe Biden has selected leaders for HHS secretary, CDC director and U.S. surgeon general.

Sir Andrew Witty is back at the helm of Optum, which includes Surgical Care Affiliates, after spending seven months working on the World Health Organization's COVID-19 vaccine initiative.

Results of the Nov. 3 general election indicate that support for ASCs remains strong in Congress, according to ASC Focus, a publication of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.

Charlene Gottschall, a surgical technologist at the Reading (Pa.) Hospital SurgiCenter at Spring Ridge, was selected as the 2020 ASC Every Day Hero by One Medical Passport.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare has deployed clinician teams, implemented new care models, published critical resources and connected patients to care teams through virtual health technology.

At a special meeting in November, American Medical Association delegates voted to formally establish a section for private practice physicians.