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Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International now has ownership in 455 ASCs and 24 surgical hospitals in 35 states. 

The average physician in private practice in 2022 made $284,500, according to Medical Economics' "94th Physician Report" released Aug. 4.

Paperwork burdens are the biggest issue facing physicians, according to Medical Economics' 94th Physician Report released August 4. 

Here are seven health systems that faced controversies in the last two months, reported by Becker's since June 5. 

Here are six hospitals closing departments or ending services since June 30:

Here are five physician fraud cases Becker's reported on in July:

Here are six pieces of federal legislation that have been proposed or passed in 2023 that will have an impact on ASCs and physicians: 

A cyber incident involving a Surgery Partners surgical hospital in Idaho created an $8 million headwind for the company.

Two and a half years ago, the federal government passed a law requiring healthcare organizations to publish a comprehensive list of prices for patients, but according to a price transparency nonprofit, Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare and Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Health…

The New York Department of Health has banned Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based psychiatrist Sameh Wahba, MD, from seeing female patients and prescribing controlled substances in the state, the Miami Herald reported Aug. 3.