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The House Energy and Commerce Committee plans to hold a hearing to examine Medicare payment rates for physicians, according to a June 15 report from Politico.

St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Shakopee, Minn., and its owners Allina Health, HealthPartners Park Nicollet and Essentia Health (located in Minneapolis, Bloomington, and Duluth, Minn. respectively), broke ground to begin construction for a new facility on the Shakopee campus.

Livability has named the 100 best  cities with a population between 75,000 and 500,000 to live in for 2023, considering factors including economy, housing and cost of living, amenities, transportation, environment, safety, education and health. 

Telehealth has become a household tool for many Americans, with about 25 percent of patients routinely using it in 2022, according to a report from the American Medical Association. 

Hazelwood, Mo.-based Brett Snodgrass, MD, is suing the Iowa Board of Medicine over its alleged decision to deny him a license because of his moral character, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported June 19. 

Medscape surveyed 10,011 physicians on their experiences for its 2023 "Physician Wealth and Debt Report."

Ringgold, Ga.-based "alternative medicine" physician Charles Adams, MD, has been found liable for submitting $1.1 million worth of false diagnoses to Medicare for chelation therapy reimbursements, the Justice Department said June 16. 

Here are six ASC moves that have taken place in California since February:

At least 59 percent of physicians reported a family net worth exceeding $748,000, according to Medscape's "Physician Wealth and Debt Report 2023."

Nearly every state in the U.S. is home to at least one billionaire, according to Forbes' net worth tracker. Alaska, Delaware and West Virginia are the only states without one.