Independent ASCs face specific challenges when it comes to payer contracts and opportunities for growth.
Leadership
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association recently awarded Ann Shimek, RN, its 2021 Nap Gary Legacy Award for Lifetime Achievement, according to a May 21 news release.
Many physicians and medical staff stressed out by the COVID-19 pandemic have left the field, presenting a staff recruitment and retention challenge for all healthcare providers. Health systems are flexing their financial strength to entice top talent.
Amanda Hawkins, BSN, RN, administrator of The Surgery Center of Charleston (S.C.), recently was elected treasurer of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.
ASC software company HST Pathways recently appointed Nancy Ham to its board of directors, according to a May 25 press release.
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Steven Selde, former assistant director of government affairs for the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, was named director of the Association for Accessible Medicines' Biosimilars Council.
The administrator of Pensacola-based North Florida Surgical Center, Jessica Sorsby, has only held her position since July 2020 — but her colleagues say she already has made distinct and sustainable improvements in her center's revenue generation and work culture.
Jacquelyn Cawley, MD, vice president of Population Health & CMO for ambulatory care at BayCare, joined "Becker's Ambulatory Surgery Centers Podcast" to talk about how she works to address inequality in healthcare.
Depending on geographic location and specialty, the independent physician market is rising or sinking fast.
The New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers elected three new members to its board of directors, the organization announced May 19.