Low-value care in the crosshairs | Physician compensation 2025 | AI boosts patient experience

No single CMS strategy has proven an inarguable success at delivering significant cost savings while optimizing patient outcomes and minimizing clinical risks. Two researchers think they’ve found a way. 

Growing physician shortages have spurred rising salaries as health systems and practices attempt to attract or retain staff. Survey data from over 37,000 physicians shows the average physician pay in the U.S. increased 3.7% from 2023 to 2024 but remains lower than in 2022.

GE Healthcare reports Q2 revenue growth of 3% and lower than expected tariff losses at $550 million.

What President Trump has in mind is a populace equipped with smartphone apps run by tech companies and confident enough in those apps to willingly upload much if not all of their personal health data. All that and fit kids too. 

PressGaney market researchers offer three observations on the technology’s potential for optimizing patient satisfaction—and, with it, subsequent ‘PX’ scores.  

New information indicates Nassau Open MRI has closed circuit video cameras throughout its facility, including in the control room of the MRI trailer attached to the building where the accident took place. 

In 2024, the average radiologist saw their compensation climb about 7.5%, up to $571,749, behind only pediatric nephrology (15.6%), preventive medicine (10%), and pediatrics/general medicine (8.5%).