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Becker's connected with Nilesh Dave, MD, vice president of clinical effectiveness and chief medical officer at Arlington-based Texas Health Resources to discuss the role of profit-driven companies in healthcare.

Despite the unpredictable job market in the U.S., healthcare has remained relatively consistent as a leading sector for growth.

Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare and surgery center development company Atlas Healthcare Partners partnered to develop an ASC network across Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Coeur D'Alene, Idaho-based Kootenai Health experienced a data security incident that may have affected patient and staff information.

ASC leaders reported big earnings growth in the last year with more than three quarters now earning six figures, according to OR Manager.

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Here are five numbers illustrating differences in reimbursement, cost savings and national footprints of ASCs compared to hospital outpatient departments.

The independent healthcare market has become increasingly cutthroat amid declining reimbursements, rising costs and increasing consolidation industrywide — making it significantly more difficult for private practice physicians to stay afloat.

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