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SurgCenter Development, a company focused on partnering with physicians to create physician-owned and operated ambulatory surgery centers, has announced that Stacey Berner, MD, will serve as its president.

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Kevin McDonough, CFA, and Colin Park will give a presentation titled "ASC Transactions: Analysis and Valuation Trends."

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Tim Meakem, MD, and Jennifer Brown, RN, will give a presentation titled "Documentation Improvement and Targeted Analytics to Accelerate Patient Throughput & Increase Patient Volume."  

Jim Panoff is the senior vice president of sales and business development at Provista, a supply chain and performance improvement company. Mr. Panoff has more than 30 years of experience in senior level management, business development, marketing and sales.

Donna Greene is a vice president of acquisitions and development at Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America, an ASC development and management company.

Jan Diedrich, MPA, is the vice president of operations at Blue Chip Surgery Center Partners, an ambulatory surgery center development and management company. Ms. Diedrich has more than 20 years of experience in the outpatient healthcare industry.

Medicaid reimbursement is the leading financial challenge facing healthcare executives, according to the American College of Healthcare Executives' survey.

Atul Gawande, MD, a surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and healthcare writer, said medical professionals' traditionally autonomous and cowboy-like mindset will only hurt healthcare, according to a National Public Radio interview transcript.

Here are seven things for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for Thursday, June 27, 2013.

Scottsdale (Ariz.) Healthcare will be the site of the world's first orthopedic trauma surgery recorded using Google Glasses, according to an ABC 15 report.