Leadership

Ronald Swendris, MD, joined Grand Rapids (Mich.) Ophthalmology and is accepting patients at the practice's main location.

Time should be the most precious commodity at an ASC, according to ASC management software company Simplify ASC.

Mesquite, Texas-based providers North Texas Team Care Surgery Center and Advanced Pain Solutions recognized C.M. Schade, MD, PhD, of Advanced Pain Solutions, for his patient care efforts, Mesquite News reports.

The New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers has elected new officers to its board of directors.

Victoria M. Diamond is the new senior vice president of WellSpan Health and president of WellSpan Surgery and Rehabilitation Hospital, the Gettysburg Times reports.

Successful ASC leadership requires flexibility, responsiveness and talent retention, according to Greg Zoch, partner at Kaye/Bassman International and managing director of the ambulatory surgery and surgical hospital practice.

A surgery center's reputation and reimbursement can be damaged by low patient satisfaction scores.

UnitedHealth Group named Daniel Schumacher president and COO of Optum in an organizationwide leadership transition.

Physiatrist Robert Millard, MD, is joining Stanford (Calif.). Medicine's Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Patient satisfaction, bundled payments and high-deductible health plans are top of mind for ASC administrators across the country.