As the economy recovers, healthcare spending is starting to increase at a higher rate, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The Joint Commission announced today the appointment of David W. Baker, MD, FACP, MPH, to the position of executive vice president for the Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation. In this senior leadership position, Dr. Baker will oversee the Departments of Quality Measurement, Health Services Research and Standards and Survey Methods.

States are cracking down on so-called physician dispensing of prescription drugs, or creating novel dosages of old drugs to get around cost controls on traditional ones, reports The New York Times.

The top 10 executives at Charlotte-based Carolinas HealthCare System were paid more than $22.2 million in 2014, an increase of 5.5 percent over the previous year, according to Charlotte Business Journal. 

Following faculty members' sharp objections to Harvard's imposition of coinsurance and deductibles on nonunion employees' health insurance, the university has disclosed more data on its healthcare spending.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--Truven Health Analytics™ today announced an expansion of its long term strategic collaboration with MEDITECH, provider of Health Information® Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, to include additional products from its Micromedex® Patient Connect Suite. 

January witnessed a significant increase in hiring at physician offices, reports Modern Healthcare.

Sports apparel maker Under Armour is continuing its push into the quantification of fitness and health with the acquisition of fitness apps MyFitnessPal for $475 million and Endomondo for $85 million.