Leadership

ASC developer Shields Health Care Group has appointed Peter Ferrari as the company's new president.

Comfort Surgery Center of San Antonio raised $150,000 of an attempted $294,000 in equity financing it's using for an unspecified reason, the Finance Recorder reports.

Evelyn Campbell, an ambulatory surgery employee, was named Alton (Ill.) Memorial Hospital's November employee of the month, according to RiverBender.com.

Garden City, N.Y.-based Spectrum Vision Partners made Newsday's list of "Top Long Island Workplaces for 2019," coming in at No. 13.

Exact Sciences announced its combination with Genomic Health, Inc. 

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.