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Louisiana is the most stressed state while Minnesota is the least stressed, according to personal finance site WalletHub.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, the parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, is facing a lawsuit filed by eight nurses at Worcester, Mass.-based Saint Vincent Hospital. 

Since joining with United Surgical Partners International in 2015, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has helped propel USPI to prominence in the ASC industry.

Here's what four of the major ASC chains did throughout the first quarter of 2024:

Castle Connolly ranked the top physician practices for surgery care for 2024. 

The minimum wage increased for 22 states at the beginning of the year, giving a pay boost to nearly 10 million workers.

From California to New York, major health systems across the country are making a splash in the ASC market.

On Feb. 21, Change Healthcare reported "enterprise-wide connectivity issues" that turned into a cybersecurity incident that rocked the U.S. health system.

Here are three ASC companies that have been making headlines over the last few months. 

Kirsten Ball, MD, a former physician in Arlington, Va., was sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegally prescribing and distributing more than 1 million oxycodone pills.