The Chartis Group named Roger Ray, MD, chief physician executive, according to a Sept. 28 announcement.

North Dakota Rep. Rick Becker, MD, R-Bismarck, wants to be the state's next health officer and submitted an application to Gov. Doug Burgum to do so Sept. 25, the Bismarck Tribune reports.

The Oregonian recognized 95 workplaces in its "Top Workplaces 2020" honors, including Surgery Center of Southern Oregon in Medford.

Fourteen billionaires on the Forbes 400 ranking of America's richest people made their fortunes in healthcare, according to MedPage Today.

Maitland, Fla.-based Advanced Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery named Brian Griffin CEO, taking the reins from founder Matt Leavitt, DO, the Orlando Business Journal reports.

Flagship Healthcare Properties is adding a new ASC leader to its ranks, according to a Sept. 8 press release.

The founding editor of "Schwartz's Principles of Surgery" and renowned surgeon, researcher, scholar, author and advocate Seymour Schwartz, MD, died Aug. 28 in St. Louis at age 92, according to the New York Times.

Georgia physician Craig Brown, MD, wrote a letter to the editor supporting applications from two hospitals in the state to develop outpatient surgery centers in Braselton, Ga., JacksonHeraldToday reports.

Two years after performing his first Lapiplasty bunion surgery at Naples, Fla.-based Seaside Surgery Center, Evgeny Krynetskiy, MD, was awarded the "Center of Excellence" designation by Treace Medical Concepts.

Thirty percent of ASC leaders reported layoffs of direct care staff in the past year, up from 4 percent in 2019, according to OR Manager's "2020 Career & Salary Survey."

Jeff Snodgrass was tapped to serve as president of Nashville, Tenn.-based AmSurg, one of the country's largest ASC operators and the ambulatory division of Envision Healthcare.

Value-based care, which emerged more than two decades ago, has had a limited effect on racial health disparities in the U.S., according to a Sept. 3 article in Health Affairs.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Covenant Physician Partners made a pair of executive appointments earlier this year. 

Jeff Snodgrass will be the new president of AmSurg, one of the country's largest ASC operators and the ambulatory division of Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare.

Cardinal Health named Sheri Edison to its board of directors as an independent director.

Specialty physicians pivoted hard to telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, with some 79 percent of specialists reporting utilization increases, according to GlobalData.

Milwaukee-based Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin installed industry veteran LoAnn Vande Leest, BSN, as executive director of ASCs.

The pandemic has created a myriad of staffing challenges for ASCs, according to Mnet Health, a surgical revenue cycle management and technology provider.

ASC Focus outlined how three ASCs are addressing staffing challenges in the wake of COVID-19-related shutdowns:

So far this year, Becker's ASC Review has reported on 22 leadership changes at ASC development, management and services companies: