Here are four hospitals closing departments or ending services since Aug. 1:

Amazon and other retailers are continuing to look at healthcare for growth. 

In August 2022, UnitedHealth Group's Optum acquired Houston-based multispecialty physician group Kelsey-Seybold for around $2 billion. Since the deal, Optum has zeroed in on making big moves in the physician and value-based care space. 

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, the ASC chain of Tenet Healthcare, is the largest ASC chain in the country, with more than 475 centers. 

There were 245 healthcare mergers and transactions in the second quarter, 7 percent below the deal average last year and 41 percent lower year over year, according to a KPMG report.

The ASC industry, like the rest of healthcare, is increasingly consolidating. 

A 7,190-square-foot medical office building in Dallas has sold, according to an Aug. 9 report from REBusiness Online.

East Lansing-based Michigan State University has purchased two medical office buildings for $48 million, according to an Aug. 8 report from the Lansing State Journal.

A 30,000-square-foot medical office building in Providence, R.I., has been acquired by Sendero Capital and Angelo Gordon, according to an Aug. 4 report from Commercial Property Executive.

Three of the U.S.' largest payers: Centene, Elevance Health and Humana, each had successful second quarters, seeing larger profits year over year. 

Surgery Partners has made several major moves to further it's growth throughout 2023.

Here are nine financial notes from three of the largest ASC chains for the second quarter of 2023:

CVS Health is looking to make some big changes, from job cuts to building more Oak Street clinics.

Here are three deals from Surgery Partners, Optum and AmSurg that Becker's has reported on since May 23: 

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare's ASC chain, United Surgical Partners International, is driving the company's growth with a 22.2 percent revenue increase in the second quarter year over year.

Dallas-based ASC chain United Surgical Partners International announced it would acquire more than 90 ASCs from SurgCenter Development for approximately $1.2 billion in November 2021.  

Surgery Partners reported increased net income for the second quarter of 2023 and raised its full year adjusted EBITDA guidance.

Orlando (Fla.) Health has expanded in the state through a new partnership with Zephyrhills-based Florida Medical Clinic, a multispecialty physician group with 54 locations, 350 providers and 40 medical specialties. 

Here are five numbers to know about trends regarding private practice: 

Tenet Healthcare's second quarter net income hit $123 million, according to its financial report published July 31.