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Health and wellness trends went viral on social media platform TikTok in 2022. From hashtags causing medical supply chain malfunctions, to #Guttok teaching users how to improve their gut health, all eyes have been on the health industry's response to…

Plastic surgery and orthopedics most frequently topped the list as the highest-paying physician specialty in the last five years, according to Medscape compensation reports. 

Orthopedic surgeon Andrew Dowd, MD, and lawyer George Constantine have been convicted of defrauding businesses and insurance companies in a $31 million trip-and-fall fraud scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said Dec. 16. 

A 65,000-square-foot Steadman Clinic ASC opened in Basalt, Colo., in April, led by its affiliates Aspen (Colo.) Valley Hospital, Vail (Colo.) Health and Gainesville, Fla.-based Orthopedic Care Partners. Its affiliate and neighboring clinic, Aspen Valley Hospital, expected to lose 70…

While people all over the country are setting resolutions for the new year, dermatologist Joseph Eastern, MD, has suggested 12 resolutions that physicians can make to improve their practices going into 2023 in a Dec. 15 Medscape report. 

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is launching a new division of community and ambulatory services to expand access to ASC services, according to a Dec. 15 news release from the health system. 

Stacey Berner, MD, CEO of Palm Coast, Calif.-based SurgCenter Development, will retire in the new year. 

Below are 10 notable ASCs that offer spine surgery:

Here are seven newly appointed hospital and health system CEOs reported by Becker's since Dec. 9:

Vineland, N.J.-based Inspira Health has added Salem (N.J.) Medical Center to its healthcare system, according to a Dec. 16 report from CBS News.