C-suite salaries; ketamine regulation; politics and mental health - Morning Medical Update

Pay at the top

Nonprofit hospitals have CEOs that earn a lot of money – now more than an average of $1 million a year, and sometimes much more. Here’s a study about hospital CEO pay and a KFF-NPR collaborative report with reaction to it.

Ketamine regulation, or lack of

The death of the late “Friends” actor Matthew Perry shone a spotlight on addiction and recovery. Now five people, including two doctors, face criminal charges in connection with his overdose death, and there’s a medical issue involved: loose prescribing practices around the drug ketamine. CNN has the news.

Politics and mental health

Is politics good for the mental health of individual physicians, patients, or the nation? In case you’re just waking from a long coma, the presidential election season has begun for 2024, and the Democratic National Convention is this week. Here’s what one physician would like to see, measured in social, not financial, wellness.