Lew Little has over 11 years of experience working in the healthcare industry. He joined Nashville, Tenn.-based Covenant Surgical Partners in 2016 as CEO.
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With Sg2 predictions expecting a 15 percent increase in outpatient surgical volume over the next decade, physicians and health systems are developing outpatient strategies in anticipation, Practice Partners reports.
Luke Lambert started his career at Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America in 1997 as its CFO. He became CEO in 2002.
Stacey Berner, MD, is the CEO and principal of SurgCenter Development, an ASC development company that operates over 100 physician-focused ASCs across the U.S.
William Wilcox joined Addison, Texas-based United Surgical Partners International in 1998, and served in president and director roles before becoming CEO.
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Consumerism has contributed to making outpatient care the fastest growing healthcare sector, with the number of procedures occurring in ASCs increasing from 50 percent in 1990 to nearly 66 percent in 2014, according to an article published in Surgical Products.
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare Chairman and CEO R. Milton Johnson plans to retire and HCA named President and COO Sam Hazen his replacement.
Christopher Holden has more than 25 years of experience working in the healthcare industry. He was appointed Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare's president and CEO in 2016 after previously serving as Nashville-based AmSurg's director and president from 2007 to 2016.
Only 4 percent of medical students surveyed in 2018 said their chosen medical specialty is general surgery, compared with 8 percent in 2016, according to Medscape's Medical Student Life & Education Report 2018.
Reimbursement changes, surgical advancements and a patient label change have led to a drop in inpatient hospital stays in the Dayton, Ohio, area, according to Dayton Daily News.