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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. 

Public health and preventive medicine most frequently topped the list as the lowest-paying physician specialty in the last five years, according to Medscape compensation reports. 

Medscape laid out physicians' tax burdens in its "Physicians and Taxes Report 2022."

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is still affecting ASCs across the country in different ways, with some still seeing impacts more than others. While some ASC leaders report still struggling to keep patients under state regulations, others have found that the…

Eight studies to know that Becker's has reported on since Dec. 1: 

Only about 19 percent of physicians reported treating other physicians often or very often, according to a Medscape survey of 443 physicians issued in November. 

Health coverage provider Centene made six updates to its leadership team, including three C-suite appointments, according to a Dec. 14 news release from the company. 

Urology was named the most stressful job in the country, according to a report from the Labor Department's Occupational Network. 

Here are five hospitals and health systems that have opened or have plans to open ASCs that Becker's has reported on since Nov. 15:

Cape Regional Health System in Cape May, N.J., has merged with Cooper University Health Care in Camden, N.J., due to a struggle to remain independent, according to a Dec. 14 report from The Press of Atlantic City.