In November 2024, CMS finalized a 94-cent (2.83%) conversion factor decrease from 2024. The physician fee schedule conversion factor for 2025 is $32.35, down from $33.29 in 2024.
Category: Channels
Missouri system plans 1st Kansas hospital
Joplin, Mo.-based Freeman Health System plans to open its first acute care hospital in Kansas in 2025.
Dockworkers, maritime alliance reach labor deal
A strike at U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports was averted Jan. 8 as dockworkers and employers reached a tentative labor agreement just days before the Jan. 15 deadline, The New York Times reported Jan. 8.
Dockworkers, maritime alliance reach labor deal
A strike at U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports was averted Jan. 8 as dockworkers and employers reached a tentative labor agreement just days before the Jan. 15 deadline, The New York Times reported Jan. 8.
HCA names CFO of Gulf Coast division
Houston-based HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast Division has named Gary Searls CFO.
Orlando Health to close Florida hospital, open new facility
Orlando (Fla.) Health will close its Longwood, Fla.-based South Seminole Hospital and move patients and employees to its new Orlando Health Lake Mary (Fla.) Hospital on Jan. 11.
Orlando Health to close Florida hospital, open new facility
Orlando (Fla.) Health will close its Longwood, Fla.-based South Seminole Hospital and move patients and employees to its new Orlando Health Lake Mary (Fla.) Hospital on Jan. 11.
Cleveland Clinic exec heads to Joint Commission
The Joint Commission has appointed Marleina Davis as executive vice president and chief legal officer.
Cleveland Clinic exec heads to Joint Commission
The Joint Commission has appointed Marleina Davis as executive vice president and chief legal officer.
RN vs. NP vs. PA pay in 2025: 7 comparisons to know
Nurse practitioners out-earned their registered nurse and physician assistant counterparts when it came to base pay in 2024, according to annual compensation reports from Medscape.
