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Corporate-owned ASC chains have been moving quickly to acquire ASCs in 2024. Here are five recent ASC acquisitions shaking up the industry:

A study published in NPJ Digital Medicine found that telehealth usage has undergone significant fluctuations since the pandemic. 

The projected shortage of up to 86,000 physicians by 2036 is being driven by a number of factors, including residency programs that have not expanded at the same rate as the demand for healthcare services in the U.S. or the…

Here are four Medicare fraud cases reported by Becker's since Aug. 1:

Earlier in August, the Biden administration announced that the Seattle-based University of Washington would receive $21.1 million as part of President Joe Biden's Cancer Moonshot. 

Kaiser Permanente has made several moves in recent months, whether that be expansions, policy adjustments or technology implementations, and shows no signs of slowing down.

Medicare audit hearings could be in flux after the Supreme Court overturned the Chevron deference, according to an Aug. 21 report from VMG Health. 

While New York has the highest number of practicing surgeons according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, South Dakota has the most practicing surgeons per capita. 

Stark law prohibits a hospital from billing Medicare for services referred by a physician with whom the hospital has an improper compensation relationship. 

Physician pay went up across specialties in 2023, according to the 2024 "Physician Report" from Medical Economics.