Though value-based care is rising in popularity, it is not yet the industry standard.
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Optum dives into provider loans
Optum now provides financing for healthcare organization customers who need advanced funds.
Wisconsin health system using GPT technology to better understand patients
Neenah, Wis.-based ThedaCare is aiming to better understand its patients through the use of GPT technology and large language models.
The risk of long COVID-19 after subsequent infection
The chances of experiencing long COVID-19 after a second bout with the infection appear to be lower than the first time around, according to new survey findings.
Some workers organize while others go on strike: Recent hospital-union actions
The following hospital-union events have been reported by Becker’s in March and April.
Are physicians dropping Medicare, Medicaid patients?
Sixty-five percent of physicians plan to continue treating Medicare and Medicaid patients as well as take on new ones, according to Medscape’s “Physician Compensation Report 2023.”
MU Health to surpass operating margin goal by June, CFO says
Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care is on track to hit its financial goals set at the UM System Board of Curators’ last health affairs committee meeting, the Colombia Missourian reported April 13.
Average physician salary across 29 specialties, ranked
Medicine’s highest-earning specialty earned an average of $619,000, whereas the lowest-paid specialty earned $249,000, according to Medscape’s “Physician Compensation Report” for 2023.
Former Kentucky nurse pleads guilty to 2nd degree manslaughter in patient death
A former Kentucky nurse has pleaded guilty to manslaughter of a patient after initially being charged with murder, Lexington Herald Leader reported April 13.
5 highest-paying physician specialties
Plastic surgery is the highest-paying physician specialty, according to Medscape’s 2023 Physician Compensation Report.
