Leadership

Here are three things to know about Samuel Hazen, CEO of HCA Healthcare:

Christa Blumenshine has been appointed CFO of Westchester, Ill.-based ASC management company Regent Surgical Health, according to a Feb. 1 LinkedIn post.

Western states make up the majority of the healthiest counties in the country, while the unhealthiest counties are located in the South and Southwest, according to a Jan. 5 analysis from MarketWatch. 

Thomas Frist Jr., MD, has a net worth of $24.9 billion as of Jan. 31, according to Forbes' net worth tracker. 

The average cost of employing a provider full time in the fourth quarter of 2023 was $616,273, representing a rising cost of labor, according to data from Kaufman Hall.

Physicians were holding out hope that Congress would choose to halt the 3.37% Medicare pay cut for 2024, but legislators declined to halt CMS' cut in the bill passed Jan. 18 to avert a government shutdown. 

Physician salaries are on the rise, with plastic and orthopedic surgeons consistently placing as the top earners, according to Medscape compensation reports. 

Here are five ASCs that posted job listings seeking administrators in the last month. 

Here are six stats to know about Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and its workforce:

Four ASC leaders joined Becker's to discuss the workforce trends that are affecting surgery centers most at the moment.