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Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is the largest health system in the U.S. by number of hospitals as well as net patient revenue, according to data from Definitive Healthcare, a healthcare analytics firm. 

As the pandemic-related slowdown in health system financial moves eases, hospital joint venture deals are expected to climb in the coming months.

Indianapolis-based Elevance Health, formerly ​​Anthem, secured the No. 1 spot of Fortune and Great Place to Work's "40 Best Large Workplaces in Health Care." 

Here is a snapshot of the nursing industry in five notes: 

Mark Van Ess, DO, chair of head and neck surgery at Mercy Clinic Springfield (Mo.), ​​recently joined Becker's to discuss the relationship between physicians and the hospitals they work for. 

CMS has fined four additional hospitals for alleged price transparency violations.

Prior authorization can often be a major hassle for physicians, administrators and patients trying to get needed medical procedures or prescriptions. 

An amicus brief filed Sept. 6 by the California Medical Association and the American Medical Association states that licensed allopathic and osteopathic physicians in California should be the only practitioners allowed to use the title "Dr."

Denis Tkachuk, who previously worked at hospitals in Washington state, was sentenced to three years of probation for stealing and selling more than $108,000 in medical supplies. 

Some states are better than others at vaccinating their populations, with Massachusetts topping the list of the most vaccinated places.