Leadership

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.

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses awarded Cone Health MedCenter Mebane (N.C.) Surgery Center its Go Clear Award for its work around eliminating surgical smoke, the Mebane Enterprise reports.

Angela Justice, PhD, executive vice president and chief human resources officer for Surgery Partners, is leaving her role, effective July 1.