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Patsy Newitt

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Tenet Healthcare's surgery center arm, is the ASC chain with the largest number of physicians. 

Joseph C. Mazzola, DO, vice president of medical affairs at Statesville, N.C.-based Iredell Health System, joined Becker's to discuss how physician shortages, specifically anesthesia provider shortages, are shaping the industry and what can be done about it. 

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Physicians are "disappointed" by a recent congressional spending package that did not further reduce the Medicare pay cut that took effect at the start of 2024, according to a blog post from the American Medical Association. 

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC giant United Surgical Partners International, is on a hospital selling spree — inking three deals so far in the last year. 

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