Leadership

The earnings gap between older and younger physicians may be slightly smaller in office-based multispecialty groups than in other settings, according to Medscape's 2018 Young Physician Compensation Report 2018.

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson named cosmetic surgeon Rhys Branman, MD, to the Arkansas State Medical Board.

Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute named M. Kathleen Donald chief marketing officer in May. 

Real estate company JLL added Tim Gregory to its staff as senior vice president to focus on leasing healthcare-related properties, BisNow reports.

Establishing teamwork as an organizational norm helps ASC staff members perform at their highest potential, according to Pinnacle III's Vice President of Operations Jovanna Grissom, RN.

Healthcare initiatives must have a clear benefit in order to avoid project fatigue and employee dissatisfaction, according to the Center for Transforming Healthcare's Executive Director of High Reliability Product Delivery Klaus Nether. 

Most ASCs consider referral marketing the most important marketing strategy for continuously bringing in new patients, according to MindStream Creative.

HHS' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health CMO Vanila Singh, MD, will lead the agency's Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force, India West reports.

Amid buyout concerns and the increasing risk of losing surgery volume to physician offices and ASCs, hospitals and health systems should consider shifting some volume to physician partners, according to Kaufman Hall. 

Bonita Springs, Fla.-based Gulfshore Urology's David Wilkinson, MD, was named a UroLift Center of Excellence.