Regent Surgical Health's recent partnerships with TowerBrook Capital and Ascension Capital show the company's growing commitment to ASCs.   

Nine physicians appeared on the Forbes 35th annual list of the richest people in the world for 2021.

Although private equity investment provides a source of capital, some ASC leaders warn it could diminish physician control.

As private equity firms continue to enter the ASC market, some ASC leaders have found alternatives through affiliations with other practices. 

Jason Richardson is the CEO of Boulder, Colo.-based Gastroenterology of the Rockies. Mr. Richardson spoke with Becker's ASC Review about the influx of private equity in the ASC industry and how he thinks President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief law, dubbed the American Rescue Plan, could help ASCs. 

ASC owners and administrators have a new outlook on growth and expansion one year after the pandemic began.

ASCs can partner with private equity-backed platforms as a way to capitalize on future value and mitigate risks, but some ASC leaders warn that partnering with private equity firms requires consideration of costs outside the financial.

The ASC industry has seen an influx of private equity interest, consolidating the industry. Ophthalmologist Richard Lee, MD, who works at Oakland, Calif.-based Eye MD Laser & Surgery Center, spoke with Becker's ASC Review on why his ASC hasn't sold to private equity firms, despite offers. 

During COVID-19 surges last year, ASCs and hospitals worked together in new ways to care for patients across the U.S.

Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, was named ValueHealth's chair of the advisory board on healthcare transformation.

Last year the pandemic forced many ASCs to close or limit surgical volume, but enterprising administrators took the time as an opportunity to evaluate their growth strategy, improve culture, acquire new technology and become more efficient.

Here's a roundup of ASCs hiring directors, drawn from LinkedIn's Job Search and Indeed:

Trudy Wiig, RN, FACHE, administrator of Kerlan-Jobe Surgery Center, worked with her hospital partners at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles throughout the pandemic to coordinate care for patients.

ASCs depend on surgeons to drive case volume, and can lose those cases when surgeons join the local hospital.

Nancy Daoust, chief ambulatory officer at State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, joined "Becker's Spine & Orthopedics Podcast" to give crucial advice for emerging leaders and discuss challenges facing the ambulatory setting during COVID-19.

ASCs have given surgeons and patients a safe environment for surgeries during the pandemic, but the centers suffered financially when case volumes were limited last spring.

The Leapfrog Group made several changes to its 2021 Leapfrog ASC and hospital surveys, the group announced March 10.

Two ASC administrators told Becker's ASC Review their strategies for bringing independent physicians to their centers.

Competing against health systems or private equity-backed practices can be difficult as a physician owner. Here, two physicians share their views on how they compete against the competition.

Here's a roundup of ASCs hiring administrators, using LinkedIn's Job Search tool: