Average pay for physicians rose 3.6% during 2024, a new Medscape report has found, but it’s one of the lower raises since the company began tracking physician compensation in 2011, and the overall sentiment among physicians regarding fair compensation is declining.
President Trump has signed an executive order on prescription drug prices that walks back the “pill penalty” decried by PhRMA in President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.
HIMSS 2025 Changemaker Award recipient Cathy Menkiena of Health Catalyst says she began her journey as a clinician who learned how to use IT through a clinical lens and stays current with the ever-evolving technology.
A big risk is from third-party dependence for services, with some organizations not testing continuity plans should a breach happen, says Lee Kim, senior principal of cybersecurity and privacy at HIMSS.
Tennessee-based health system Ascension Saint Thomas is entering into a joint venture with PathPoint Health, a metabolic care provider, to help individuals prevent and manage metabolic conditions, including diabetes and obesity.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed a 2.6% payment rate increase for inpatient rehabilitation facilities in 2026. The 2.6% is based on a market basket update of 3.4%, less a proposed 0.8 percentage point productivity adjustment, under the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System proposed rule for fiscal year 2026.
Psychiatric facilities will get a 2.4% increase under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposed rule for the inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system for fiscal year 2026.
A proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services seeks to increase the hospice payment rate by 2.4% – an estimated increase of $695 million in payments from fiscal year 2025.
In addition to setting payment rates for inpatient and long-term care, Friday’s proposed rule would update quality measures, promote interoperability programs and reduce private expenditures to comply with federal regulations.
Because AI is a technology that will solve a business problem, IT execs looking to become a Chief AI Officer need to focus on the business side of the house to understand the problem, says Sameer Sethi, SVP and chief AI and insights officer at Hackensack Meridian Health.