Leadership

Alan Sockolov, MD, resigned as primary care medical director of San Ramon, Calif.-based Hill Physicians over management changes that he felt undercut physicians, he told the Sacramento Business Journal in a Dec. 16 article.

 As the year comes to a close, ASC leaders are thinking about the year ahead and preparing for potential challenges. Seven leaders told Becker's ASC Review what they anticipate will be the biggest roadblock in 2021.

The average physician makes $360,104 a year, according to the "2020 Physician and Advanced Practice Salary Report" by LocumTenens.com.

  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.