Leadership

Specialty biopharmaceutical company EyePoint Pharmaceuticals appointed George O. Elston as CFO and head of corporate development.

Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballard Health increased its third-quarter revenues for the year, but experienced a 24 percent decrease in its ASC caseload, the Bristol Herald Courier reports.

A new report from the Association of American Medical Colleges revealed that nearly one-third of all physicians were 60 or older at the end of 2018, RevCycleIntelligence reports.

Several ASC management companies announced leadership changes in early November:

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare named Charles Gressle president of its East Florida Division in Fort Lauderdale.

The number of ASC leaders reporting a salary of $100,000 or more was down 8 percentage points compared to 2018, according to OR Manager's 2019 Salary/Career Survey.

Dallas-based EyeCare Services Partners tapped a leader from Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare to serve as chief operating officer.

Clinical software developer Provation has named Daniel Hamburger as its next CEO, replacing Dave Del Toro.

Saum Sutaria, MD, is now president and COO of Tenet Healthcare.

Douglas Smink, MD, will be the new chief of surgery at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital starting Jan. 1, Wicked Local Dedham reports.