Leadership

ASC management company Regent Surgical Health made three executive hires, promoting talent from within as well as outside the company.

The number of experienced ASC leaders could decline as more set their sights on retirement, according to OR Manager's 2019 Salary/Career Survey.

ASC leaders' annual salaries dipped slightly in 2019, according to OR Manager's 2019 Salary/Career Survey.

Nearly one-fourth of ASC leaders surveyed have an annual compensation package in the range of $120,000 to $149,999, according to OR Manager's 2019 Salary/Career Survey.

The American College of Surgeons bestowed level 1 children's surgery center designation on Portland, Ore.-based Randall Children's Hospital, the Portland Business Journal reports.

Staffing is a "significant challenge" for many ASC leaders, one-third of whom ranked it as their top concern, according to OR Manager's 2019 Salary/Career Survey.

Surgical volume has generally been stable for ASCs over the past year, according to OR Manager's 2019 Salary/Career Survey.

Ophthalmologist Lindsay Rhodes, MD, received a five-year, $3.5 million grant to study telehealth strategies for glaucoma treatment.

Patient outcomes for appendicitis improved when facilities adopted a shift-based acute care surgery model with shorter shifts, according to a study presented at ACS 2019, Oct. 27-31 in San Francisco.

Philadelphia-based Vantage EyeCare completed two transactions, growing its staff by six physicians total.