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Orthopedic surgeons see biggest productivity jump of ASC specialties 

Orthopedic surgeons saw a 7.3 percent increase in work relative value units from 2019 to 2021, according to the Medical Group Management Association’s 2022 “Datadive Provider Compensation Report.”  

Owner, partner or employee: What’s the most attractive to young physicians?

Young physicians are entering the job field with three employment options: owner, employee or partner, the American Medical Association laid out in a June 2 post. 

A CEO’s top 2 recurring issues

Alfonso del Granado serves as administrator and chief executive officer at Lubbock, Texas-based Covenant High Plains Surgery Center. Mr. del Granado will serve on the panel “What’s on the Horizon for Orthopedics and ASCs” at Becker’s 19th Annual S…

1 way to decrease companies’ annual costs with Helena Levenson, senior clinical consultant at Cardinal Health

Helena Levenson serves as senior clinical consultant of ambulatory surgery at Cardinal Health. Ms. Levenson will serve on the panel “How Orthopedic ASCs Take the Patient Experience to the Next Level” at Becker’s 19th Annual Spine, Orthopedic &…

Meeting patients where they are is vital for ASC success, leader says

Matt Lightle serves as the director of business development of the Surgical Center at Columbia Orthopaedic Group. Mr. Lightle will serve on the panel “Creating an Outpatient Joint Replacement Program with Stay Suites” at Becker’s 19th Annual Spine…

Why ASCs Inc. vice president focuses on representing physician owners

Stephanie Tarry serves as executive vice president of ASCs Inc. Ms. Tarry will serve on the panel “Maximize the Value of Your ASC/MOB Real Estate” at Becker’s 19th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference. As part of an…

Hospital opens Texas cardio clinic with upcoming ASC, to create 120 jobs

Little Rock-based Arkansas Heart Hospital held a ribbon cutting for its cardiology clinic in Texarkana, Texas, the Texarkana Gazette reported June 2.

GI ASC included in $40M New York hospital campus project

United Memorial Medical Center in Batavia, N.Y., is planning a gastroenterology ASC as part of an almost $40 million expansion project, Buffalo Business First reported June 1.

New Jersey health system planning endoscopy center

Mullica Hill, N.J.-based health system Inspira Health is building an outpatient endoscopy center, Philadelphia Business Journal reported June 1.

AGA’s 117th president begins term

John Carethers, MD, has begun his tenure as the president of the American Gastroenterological Association Institute, according to a June 1 press release sent to Becker’s by the organization.