Tower Surgical Partners named Cresia Walker as its first COO, the company said Oct. 11. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Covenant Physician Partners has made several executive hires within the past year, after rebranding from an ASC company to a physician services company. Most recently, the company appointed Mike Field as vice president of physician recruitment on Oct. 8.

CMS plans to issue a rule that will require ASCs, along with all other healthcare providers, to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for staff as a condition of participating in Medicare. 

Towson, Md.-based SurgCenter Development ranks as the sixth-largest ASC chain in the U.S. in 2021, with a portfolio of 92 ASCs.

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Robert Nelson is executive director of Island Eye Surgicenter in Westbury, N.Y. He told Becker's about how he thinks private equity investment will affect ophthalmology and shared his biggest concerns about the winter season. 

HST Pathways, an ASC software company, named Susan Kane as CFO, the company said Oct. 4. 

Private equity investment is booming in healthcare, and some ASC leaders think independent ASCs will be key to industry growth. 

Eric Evans has been the CEO and director of Nashville, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners since January 2020. 

With the ongoing trend of small ASCs being bought up by larger groups, some see the consolidation as detrimental to the market, including President Joe Biden, who issued an executive order on July 9 to crack down on anticompetitive acquisitions.

Kayla Schneeweiss-Keene, administrator of Mann Cataract Surgery Center in Humble, Texas, led her center through storm damage amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Physician services organization Covenant Physician Partners has appointed Bill Balaun as its next COO, the company said Sept. 21.

The largest eight ASC companies have at least 1,000 affiliated physicians, with United Surgical Partners International at the top of the pack, exceeding 11,000.

As more physicians choose to partner with private equity to accelerate growth and build value, partnership options for market-leading orthopedic surgeons are growing rapidly. Now more than ever, successful surgeons need a physician-led and owned partner to help advance the future of their practice.

From battling storm damage to adding service lines, seven ASC leaders spoke with Becker's about the biggest accomplishments at their centers:

HCA Houston Healthcare named Brad Pollard vice president of business development, the company said Sept. 17.

The past two years have featured rapidly changing government directives and temporary regulations, and many of these have had a profound effect on the healthcare industry. 

Jane Englebright, PhD, will retire as senior vice president and chief nurse executive of HCA Healthcare at the end of the year after nearly 30 years with the organization.

Kayla Schneeweiss-Keene, the administrator of Humble, Texas-based Mann Cataract Surgery Center, spoke with Becker's ASC Review about how her center dealt with storm damage amid the pandemic. 

With ASCs increasing their ability to perform procedures at lower costs than hospitals, Andrew Shadid, CEO of Chicago-based Genesis Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, said his practice is determined to provide care to those with the greatest financial need.