Beaufort Memorial Hospital's yearslong effort to open a $45 million health facility in Bluffton, S.C., has ended, according to a Sept. 17 report from The Post and Courier.

Boston area clinics are seeing a surge in patient volume after financially troubled Steward Health Care closed its Dorchester, Mass.-based Carney Hospital, WCVB 5 reported Sept. 13. 

Saginaw Township, Mich.-based Women's OB-GYN will permanently close after 74 years, according to a letter posted on the practice's website. 

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has terminated a physician's staff membership and clinical privileges following allegations regarding misconduct towards patients, the health system confirmed to Becker's.

A district court has ruled that a false claims lawsuit filed against Thomas Health System cannot be resolved without parties' briefs on the U.S. Supreme Court's recent overturning of the Chevron deference, according to court documents obtained by Becker's. 

Here are five statistics showing signs of positive change for physicians:

According to the American Medical Association, the U.S. could see a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2034. 

A former Charleston, W.Va., physician pleaded guilty to the unlawful distribution of oxycodone after being apprehended overseas and extradited to the U.S.

Here are three updates on reimbursement issues and how they're impacting ASCs:

The trend of "quiet quitting" has swept through the U.S. workforce in the last few years, touching every industry, including healthcare. 

Physicians spend an average of 5.8 hours of electronic documentation and coding for every eight hours scheduled for patient care, according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. 

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has launched new resources for improving allergy documentation within ASCs and other outpatient organizations. 

Upon reviewing more than 800 U.S. locales for everything from climate risk to crime to physician availability, Forbes has named the top 25 cities to retire in for 2024. 

Walgreens has agreed to pay $106.8 million to resolve allegations it billed Medicare, Medicaid and other healthcare programs for prescriptions it never dispensed. 

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has made several big moves in September so far, including closing a facility and building a new hospital. 

ASC leaders and physicians continuously vent their frustrations over stalled negotiations with payers, as facilities face declining reimbursement from CMS and private payers alike. 

Bipartisan legislation has been introduced to improve enforcement of the No Surprises Act.

Here are five things to know about the state of the ASC workforce:

Amid the continued migration of high acuity procedures from hospital outpatient departments to ASCs, robotic technology has caught the attention of ASC leaders looking to invest in the future of their practices. 

A new report from Bloomberg Tax & Accounting estimates that inflation-adjusted amounts in the tax code will increase by 2.8% from 2024, according to a Sept. 11 report from Forbes.