CFOs at the country’s largest for-profit health systems and insurance giants are commanding multimillion-dollar pay packages — but a wide pay gap remains between the two sectors. In 2024, CFOs at big ...

In 2024, the U.S. healthcare industry spent $6.1 billion on Pfizer’s COVID-19 therapy Paxlovid, a 6,922.8% increase from 2023 expenditure data, according to a recent study. The research, published ...

Radiologists in Maine earn the highest annual mean wage, according to data published April 2 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national annual mean wage for radiologists is $359,820 and the ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas — part of St. Louis-based Ascension — and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health, have received state ...

U.S. manufacturers of personal protective equipment are struggling to meet growing demand, hindered by high tariffs on Chinese imports, The New York Times reported April 23. Here are five things to kn ...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed the Department of Justice to investigate clinicians providing gender-affirming care to minors, aligning with an executive order President Trump signed in ...

Hawaii had the lowest rate of lumbar spine MRIs performed for lower back pain between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data released Feb. 19.  CMS measures the percentage of lumbar ...

Researchers from the University at Buffalo (N.Y.) have developed imaging technology capable of seeing through wound dressings, according to an April 24 news release from the university.  Here are five ...

From its EHR system going live in new hospitals to being listed as one of hospitals top AI partners, here are six updates on Epic’s operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker’s ...

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has formally opposed a proposed merger between Terre Haute’s only two hospitals, warning that the consolidation would create a “regional monopoly” and harm ...

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health recorded an operating income of $157.8 million (2% operating margin) in 2024, up from an operating income of $104 million (1.4% margin in 2023, according to its April ...

The United States ranks high in EHR adoption but low in interoperability, according to a global interoperability study by market research firm Black Book Research. Here are EHR interoperability rates ...