Author: Patsy Newitt

 Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare's ASC chain, United Surgical Partners International, is looking to cardiology to drive growth, according to a July 31 earnings call transcribed by Seeking Alpha. 

Here are 12 ASCs that opened or were announced in July:

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.  

Anesthesiology is the thirteenth wealthiest speciality, according to Medscape's "Physician Wealth & Debt Report 2023."

Five physicians joined Becker's to discuss their side gigs, or lack thereof. 

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

Anesthesiologist Roland Pinkney, MD, was cleared in a malpractice trial where he "danced, gestured and appeared to sing along to music" in a video filmed during a 2017 surgery, according to a July 31 report from Courtroom View Network.

Many leaders worry that attracting competent physicians will become more difficult as pay continues to decline. 

St. Louis-based physician Sonny Saggar, MD, was arrested on an indictment accusing him of healthcare fraud, the U.S. Justice Department said July 27.