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Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners has formed a strategic partnership with Dallas-based Methodist Health System, its third in 2023, following its partnerships with Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health and Columbus-based Ohio Health earlier this year. 

Here are 16 updates on artificial intelligence developments in healthcare for ASC leaders that have been reported by Becker's since Aug. 7:

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare reported a net income of $1.19 billion in the second quarter of 2023, according to its financial report published July 27. 

Just 44 percent of physicians owned their practice in 2022 compared with 76 percent in the early 1980s, according to a report from the American Medical Association. What does this shift mean for physicians and their autonomy?

A medical office building in Hanover, Mass., has been forced to evacuate, and all in-person appointments have been postponed after the building was deemed unsafe, according to a July 31 report from Boston 25 News.

Between inflation, reimbursement declines and Medicare pay cuts, physician pay is struggling to keep up. 

A New Jersey woman has been arrested for allegedly posing as a physician, treating patients and prescribing medications. 

Yakima (Wash.) Valley Memorial Hospital has agreed to pay $240,000 to resolve data privacy allegations after 23 security guards allegedly looked through patient medical records without a job-related purpose, according to a July 31 report from Medscape.

Louisiana has become the 12th state to enact surgical smoke evacuation legislation, which will go into effect in the state Aug. 1, according to a July 26 report from The Advocate.

Whether a surgery center performs billing in-house, outsources it to an ASC billing company, or has its billing performed by a management company, there are numerous revenue cycle management processes that must be completed, and each plays an essential role…