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UnitedHealthcare vs. CVS Health vs. Cigna: How do the payers' 2022 revenues compare?

UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health and Cigna were the three largest health insurance companies by 2022 revenue. 

CFOs' biggest financial threat to healthcare and 9 more supply chain updates

Here are 10 supply chain updates for ASC leaders reported by Becker’s since Feb. 3:

Anesthesiologists retain highest paying job status since 2018, per US News

U.S. News & World Report named anesthesiology the highest paying job in the U.S. for 2023, with an average annual salary of $208,000. 

Why 1 CEO is worried about surgical robots

Some ASCs have begun adding robotic technologies to strengthen their orthopedic programs. 

Parkersburg Cardiology adds MRI technology

Parkersburg (W.Va.) Cardiology Associates has added a cardiac MRI machine to its practice, according to a Feb. 13 report from NBC affiliate WTAP.

Apollo Endosurgery lands $929K investment from Boston Partners

Devicemaker Apollo Endosurgery was worth over $15 million at the end of the most recent quarter, following several large investments in the company at the end of the third quarter of 2022, including $929,000 from Boston Partners, according to a Feb. 14…

Connecticut investors acquire medical office building for $2.47M

Two Waterbury, Conn.-based real estate investors have purchased a 13,871-square-foot medical office building in Torrington, Conn., for $2.47 million, according to a Feb. 13 report from the Hartford Business Journal. 

11 ASC updates in California, Texas and Florida

California, Texas and Florida are the states with the most ASCs, according to data from Definitive Healthcare.

IU Health opens 55K-square-foot medical office building

Indianapolis-based IU Health has opened a 55,000-square-foot medical office building in Fort Wayne, Ind., that will offer primary care, advanced imaging, cardiology, orthopedics and general surgery, according to a Feb. 13 report from local CBS affiliat…

Virginia governor appoints non-physician temporary head of health department, possibly violating state code

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has temporarily appointed R. Christopher Lindsay as head of Virginia’s Department of Health following the rejection of appointee Colin Greene, MD, according to a Feb. 13 report from the Richmond Times-Dispatch.