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Four New Jersey ASCs have filed a lawsuit against a Service Employees International Union benefit fund alleging underpayment for nearly two dozen procedures performed on fund participants, according to a May 11 report from Law360.

Twenty-five U.S. cities have been named the top places to retire in 2023 by Forbes, with factors including housing cost, taxes, healthcare, crime and natural risk hazard taken into account. 

Twenty-seven percent of physicians would not choose to practice medicine again, according to Physicians Thrive's "2023 Physician Compensation Report." 

Gastroenterologists are the most-recruited physicians, according to Physicians Thrive's "2023 Physician Compensation Report."

If given the chance to change careers, 73 percent of physicians would choose to work in medicine again, according to Physicians Thrive's "2023 Physician Compensation Report." 

The physician shortage is the worst in the Midwest and Southern regions of the U.S. according to Physicians Thrive's "2023 Physician Compensation Report." 

Women working as physicians typically earn less than 80 percent of what their male counterparts made each year, according to Physicians Thrive's "2023 Physician Compensation Report." 

Here are 24 stories Becker's has covered about Aetna and its parent company, CVS Health, since March 2: 

Physician recruiting efforts have gone up in two medical settings: hospitals and academic medical centers, according to Physicians Thrive's "2023 Physician Compensation Report." 

Gov. Kim Reynolds of Iowa has signed into law legislation that allows physician assistants to practice independent of a supervising physician.