Leadership

From investment strategy to supply chain strategizing, two ASC leaders joined Becker's to discuss how their financial strategy has shifted in the last year. 

While the physician workforce is increasingly moving to employed models — with more than 108,700 physicians shifting to employment from 2019 to 2021 — some are finding it difficult to maintain autonomy and are making the shift back to private…

Alfonso del Granado, administrator and CEO of Lubbock, Texas-based Covenant High Plains Surgery Centers, is Becker's ASC Administrator of the Week. 

Eighteen healthcare CEOs were deemed among the 200 most influential CEOs in the world, according to a March 17 report from CEOWorld Magazine. 

Here are five stats to know about how physician pay stacks up compared to CEO pay: 

Becker's has reported on seven CEOs who have announced plans to step down in March. 

Samuel Hazen, CEO of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, saw his overall pay dip in 2022 from $20.6 million to $14.6 million.

Staffing woes surgery centers have experienced since March 2020 when the pandemic began may finally be turning around as travel nursing stabilizes and people are more comfortable returning to in-person work.

SCA Health has promoted Jason Strauss from president to CEO, as former CEO Caitlin Zulla was promoted to CEO of Optum Health's east region. 

Hawaii is the most expensive state to live in, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' "2021 Consumer Expenditures Survey," the most recent data provided by the organization.