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The current physician shortage, especially in primary care, is worrisome to Obama administration officials who are working to implement legislation to expand healthcare coverage in the United States, according to an article in the New York Times.

The ASC Association has announced three ASC leaders who will each begin a three-year term of service on the Association Board, according to an ASC Association news release.

AmSurg has announced its earnings for the first quarter of 2009, according to an AmSurg news release.

Two bills on healthcare reform, proposed by Gov. Ted Kulongoski, have passed in the state House and may be decided on by legislators within the next three weeks, according to a report by the Statesman Journal.

Lake Forest (Ill.) Hospital received state approval to develop outpatient surgical and cancer centers at its Grayslake campus, according to a report in the Lake County News-Sun.

Tom Pliura, MD, JD, an independent attorney specializing in healthcare issues for surgery centers and physician practices and founder of zCHART and the zCHART EMR, discusses the increase in physician fraud investigations and offers suggestions as to how physicians and…

Krystal Mims, president of Texas Health Partners, has been selected for the Dallas Business Journal's Forty Under 40 program, according to an announcement from THP.

For-profit specialty hospitals have not dramatically impacted general acute care hospitals in three healthcare markets, according to a new study by the nonpartisan Center for Studying Health System Change.

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, R-Ore., has a dream: bringing American healthcare into this century.

Shoulder Specialists to Know and Best Practices for Integration of Anesthesia and Pain Management: Don't miss the chance to read and/or advertise in the July issue of Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Practice Review.