Physicians are increasingly moving to unionize and seeking representation in decision-making. 

Smita Rouillard, MD, associate medical director of Oakland, Calif.-based The Permanente Medical Group, joined Becker's to discuss ways that physicians leverage their power in her health system. 

Rich Searles, Partner at Merritt Healthcare Advisors, a sell-side investment bank focused on representing owners of surgical facilities and healthcare practices, shares the trends he is seeing in the ASC landscape today and in the future.

Mesa, Ariz.-based Surgery Center Services of America has developed more than 300 surgery centers since its inception in 1990. 

Ali Ghalayini. Administrator at Munster (Ind.) Surgery Center, told Becker's ASC Review that ASCs are witnessing "substantial growth" driven by an increased demand in outpatient services and expansion in focused, specialized services.

As the population ages and certificate-of-need laws decrease, Philip Blair, CEO of Surgery Center Services of America, is seeing a lot of opportunity for ASC growth. 

ASC management company Atlas Healthcare Partners was founded in 2018, and has since become one of the fastest growing management firms in the U.S. 

 Instigating efficient block times is the key way to maximize revenue, according to some ASC leaders. ,

Jennifer Alvey, CFO of Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health, joined Becker's to discuss the health system's ASC strategy. 

Brian Curtin, MD, orthopedic surgeon at Charlotte, N.C.-based OrthoCarolina, joined Becker's to discuss how physicians can leverage their power. 

The two highest-paying executives of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, saw base salary drops from 2021 to 2022 but overall compensation increases. 

Melissa Hermanson, DNP, RN, administrator of Vineland, N.J.-based Ambulatory Care Center, is Becker's ASC Administrator of the Week.

John Farmer, MD, has been awarded $3.7 million after finding Baptist Health Madisonville (Ky.), the family medicine resident's former employer, violated terms of his contract and interfered with his business relationships, according to The Indiana Lawyer.

Barbara Clancy-Sweeney, administrator of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, is Becker's ASC Administrator of the Week.

In an increasingly consolidating industry, ASCs must remain sharply focused on cost containment, according to Raghu Reddy, chief administrative officer of Cumberland-based SurgCenter of Western Maryland. 

Rankings of each state's healthiest and unhealthiest county were released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute in Madison. 

Eleven healthcare CEO's topped Equilar's list of the 100 top-paid CEOs of America's largest companies. 

Crystal Aigner, BSN, RN, administrator of Surgical Suites of Coastal Virginia in Williamsburg and Sentara Port Warwick Ambulatory Surgery Center in Newport News, Va., is Becker's ASC Administrator of the Week.

Most of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems' highest paid executives made significantly more in 2022 than 2021. 

Cathy McCue, MSN, RN, administrator of Uropartners Surgery Center in Des Plaines, Ill., is Becker's ASC Administrator of the Week.