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executives and doctors

Compensation for healthcare providers rose some 4.3% in 2025. The sobering news is that the gain owes more to heavier daily workloads than to bigger per-patient billings. 

The state’s Supreme Court restored the judgment, agreeing that John Farmer, Jr., MD, was branded with a “proverbial scarlet letter” after the complaint, which spiraled out of control and damaged his career. 

Cybersecurity

A phishing attack on Xsolis, a Tennessee-based company whose list of clients includes hospitals and healthcare payers, was confirmed to have exposed sensitive medical information, including details on treatments that patients received.

Economics

Legislative changes, demographic shifts and growing demand will combine to drive national health spending to almost $9 trillion by 2034.

Robotic chess

Pitting three multipurpose LLMs against two healthcare-specific AI tools, researchers have discovered the consumer-level AI can beat its purpose-built counterparts in healthcare scenarios—and soundly, at that. 

The lawsuit dates back to 2019 but has been stuck in the court process for years. In the end, the health plan will pay Pomona Valley Hospital for emergency care delivered to patients at an out-of-network rate—though the facility didn’t get all of what it was seeking.