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After releasing an alternative to the ACA, President Donald Trump tweeted that he is working on a system to increase competition in the pharmaceutical industry, promising, "Pricing for the American people will come way down!"

Here are seven things ASC leaders should know for March 6, 2017.

St. Louis-based MediBeacon completed a clinical study on subjects with impaired kidney function.

Waltham, Mass.-based Bioverativ appointed Anna Protopapas to its board of directors.

Physicians tend to receive higher compensation in rural and poorer areas, and many of the states where physicians in general stand to earn the most are in the Midwest.

Many patients are unaware surgeons are simultaneously involved in multiple surgeries and many have reservations about the practice, according to Fox News.

An Urban Institute study examined state's past due medical debt in adults ages 18 to 64 from 2012 to 2015.

Two Harvard University business graduates founded Westchester, Ill.- based Regent Surgical Health in 2001. With more than a decade experience under its belt, Regent has grown into one of the leading privately-held ASC management and development companies in the country.

Eighteen ambulatory surgery centers across the country are searching for administrators.

Here are nine statistics on the percent of revenue ASCs reserve for operating expenses in three different areas, according to the 2016 ASC Valuation Survey from HealthCare Appraisers. The ASCs included in these statistics are in-network centers only.