Ms. Martin has nearly 30 years of healthcare experience, with a focus in the ambulatory surgery area for the past decade. Prior to joining Meridian Surgical Partners, she was the regional director of ambulatory surgery centers for Universal Health Services, where she managed both ASCs and specialty hospitals. Ms. Martin also worked as a regional vice president for Symbion Healthcare, covering ASCs, surgical hospitals and an imaging center in the Midwest region. She has developed both single and multi-specialty ASCs.
Ms. Martin currently serves on the board of the Ambulatory Surgery Foundation. She restarted the Tennessee Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, where she served as president and executive director, and was a liaison member of the AORN Recommended Practices Committee representing AAASC.
Ms. Martin discussed her transition from administrative director to an executive role in Becker’s ASC Review: “I was in a unique position as the administrative director for four freestanding surgery centers in the Memphis, Tenn., area, which were joint ventures with a local hospital system,” she said. “Two were multi-specialty surgery centers, one was urology and one was all pediatric. I learned about coding, how to bill, schedule, about collections and still assisted in staffing in all areas, preop, operating room and PACU. It was a wonderful experience as I had overall responsibility for the clinical, financial and quality aspects of four centers, which set me up for taking on a regional role with an additional volume of centers.”
