Management

This page includes content on healthcare management, including health system, hospital, department and clinic business management and administration. Areas of focus are on cardiology and radiology department business administration. Subcategories covered in this section include healthcare economics, reimbursement, leadership, mergers and acquisitions, policy and regulations, practice management, quality, staffing, and supply chain.

KLAS publishes inaugural report on value-based care

As healthcare moves from a fee-for-service model to a value-based care (VBC) model, many providers are having to reengineer aspects of their business.  "Value-Based Care. Making the Shift: Who Can Help?" is the first report published about this market segment by KLAS. Researchers from KLAS interviewed more than 100 c-level executives, most of whom have extensive experience in VBC.

Officer manager sentenced for taking part in $50 million fraud scheme

The office manager of Memorial Home Health in New Orleans has been sentenced this week for taking part in the company’s $50 million fraud scheme. 

Funding diversification key to overcoming healthcare sector challenges

Siemens Financial Services (SFS) has released a new research report examining how healthcare organisations around the world meet the sector’s key challenges with smart finance. 

AHRQ debuts national hospital readmission database

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has introduced a national database for hospital readmissions. 

UPS announces results of annual supply chain survey

UPS has released the results of its eighth annual Pain in the Chain survey, which asks healthcare and life sciences logistics executives questions about various supply chain issues. 

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CHIME: Streamline MU, add flexibility

Meaningful Use (MU) needs streamlining and a reduced reporting burden for provider through better aligned quality measures, said the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). 

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Coder productivity down in wake of ICD-10 transition

As critics predicted, the ICD-10 transition is negatively impacting inpatient and outpatient coder productivity at hospitals of all sizes and types.

FORMER GM EXECUTIVE ELECTED TO AMA BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Kevin W. Williams, a former senior executive at General Motors (GM) from Nashville, Tenn., was elected today to the American Medical Association (AMA) Board of Trustees at the organization’s Interim Meeting.

Around the web

Cardiovascular devices are more likely to be in a Class I recall than any other device type. The FDA's approval process appears to be at least partially responsible, though the agency is working to make some serious changes. We spoke to a researcher who has been tracking these data for years to learn more. 

Updated compensation data includes good news for multiple subspecialties. The new report also examines private equity's impact on employment models and how much male cardiologists earn compared to females.

When drugs are on the FDA’s shortage list, outsourcing facilities can produce their own compounded versions. When the FDA removed tirzepatide from that list with no warning, it created a considerable amount of chaos both behind the scenes and in pharmacies all over the country. 

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