Hawaii is the most expensive state to live in, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' "2021 Consumer Expenditures Survey," the most recent data provided by the organization. 

SCA Health's CEO Caitlin Zulla has been promoted to CEO of Optum Health's east region, according to a March 10 statement.

Joe Peluso, administrator at Aestique Surgery Center in Greensburg, Pa., is Becker's ASC Administrator of the Week. 

As private equity and value-based care continue to boom and more procedures migrate to ASCs, many leaders expect changes in how health systems, hospitals and ASCs are run in 2023. 

The six largest ASC chains represent a combined network of 33,000 physicians and more than 1,000 locations. 

From consolidation to physician shortages, seven physicians recently spoke with Becker's to discuss the healthcare trends they're wary of in 2023. 

Here are two ASC industry leadership moves that Becker's has reported on since May 16:

Christine Blackburn, BSN, RN, administrator of South Kansas City Surgicenter in Overland Park, Kan., is Becker's ASC Administrator of the Week. 

The six largest ASC chains represent a combined network of 33,000 physicians and more than 1,000 locations. 

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Plastic surgeons are the happiest physicians outside of work, a Feb. 24 Medscape report found. 

Fifty-two percent of hospital physicians would take a pay cut for a better work-life balance, according to Medscape's "Hospitalist Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2023" released Feb. 22. 

Thomas Frist Jr., MD, co-founder and shareholder of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, tops the list of billionaires in U.S. healthcare, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as of Feb. 21. 

While the healthcare industry is consolidating, the ASC industry remains mostly fragmented — with some ASC chains focusing on smaller ASCs rather than accumulating substantial market share.  

Daniel Larose, MD, is worried that increasing Medicaid coverage  is hurting ASCs' access to specific markets. 

Michael Powers, administrator of Children's West Surgery Center in Knoxville, Tenn., is Becker's ASC Administrator of the Week. 

Here are 30 new C-suite team members reported by Becker's since Feb. 8:

Rosalind Brewer, CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance, is No. 14 on nonprofit shareholder advocacy group As You Sow's list of "overpaid" healthcare CEOs.

Fifty-five ASC leaders recently joined Becker's to share what they would add to their own "successful ASC management" cheat sheet.

Quincy, Mass.-based Shields Health has named Tisha Delmore CFO.