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CMS released its proposals for 2021 in early August, which made several drastic cuts to payment rates for both general and specialty surgeons.

Addison, Texas-based United Surgical Partners International highlighted results from CMS' Hospital Compare Rankings noting that 23 of USPI's 24 eligible facilities received either a four- or five-star ranking.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his campaign recently laid out how Mr. Biden would respond to COVID-19 as well as other challenges within the healthcare system.

Arizona hospitals are resuming elective surgeries after lowering the state's COVID-19 patient rates to a level that allows procedures to resume safely, AZ Central reports.

Here are the most-read stories on Becker's ASC Review the week of Aug. 17-21:

A truck drove through the front window of the Center for Oral Facial and Implant Surgery Center in Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 20, the Chattanoogan reports.

Chester, Pa.-based Crozer-Keystone Health System was the victim of a malware attack in June where malicious parties secured an unspecified amount of patient data, the Journal Inquirer reports.

Lebanon, Pa.-based North Pointe Surgery Center had a backlog of more than 500 surgeries in May because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but has since caught up, Lancaster Online reports.

Dover, N.H.-based Wentworth-Douglass Hospital had to postpone or move surgeries to its surgery center after sterilization equipment malfunctioned in its operating room in July, seacoastonline.com reports.

Here are the most-read stories on Becker's ASC Review the week of Aug. 10-14: