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.

Stewardship Health sale to private equity finalized for $245M
The physician group, once part of Steward Health Care, has been rebranded as Revere Medical.
Baxter producing IV solutions ahead of schedule at Asheville-area site
The company said its largest production line at its North Carolina plant is operational, accounting for 25% of total output. The site was damaged by flood waters from Hurricane Helene.
Hackers were inside an Iowa hospital’s network for two weeks
St. Anthony Regional Hospital confirmed patient data was taken by cybercriminals, but the August incident is still being investigated.
Bill introduced in Congress would raise physician reimbursement by 1.9%
The Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act aims to change the annual Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services physician fee schedule, which cut reimbursement by 2.8% for 2025.
Good AI governance can spell the difference between smashing success and mere learning experience
Discussions of AI governance may cause many an eye to glass over, but the discipline is as crucial to the ascent of AI in healthcare as big training datasets drawn from diverse patient populations.

BCBS Nebraska uses analytics to pinpoint high spenders

BOSTON—Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska set out to use its analytics tools to identify those patients who consistently drove high costs but didn’t show up on any other analytics efforts. Susan Beaton, senior director nurse care management and clinical policy, shared the organization’s experience during a session at the Big Data & Healthcare Analytics Forum.

November 11, 2015

Learning from others

HIMSS held its Big Data & Healthcare Analytics Forum recently, and the presentations showed an impressive range of work at organizations across the country to better inform care to achieve the triple aim.

November 10, 2015

NY organization steps up its data analytics beyond report generation

BOSTON--One New York organization transformed from a business intelligence factory to a sophisticated provider of data analytics.

November 10, 2015

'Better care costs less': Texas Children's Hospital's clinical standards journey

BOSTON—Pediatric medicine has about half the science of the adult world, said Charles Macias, director of the Evidence Based Outcomes Center at Texas Children’s Hospital, speaking at the Big Data & Healthcare Analytics Forum.

November 10, 2015

Healthcare construction boomlet: Top 10 cities, top 5 sites

Healthcare construction is humming right now, as providers across the country build new hospitals, expand or renovate existing facilities and, increasingly, break ground for off-campus clinical buildings.  

November 9, 2015

EHNAC certifies first two companies for data registry

Two organizations have completed the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission's accreditation process for its Data Registry Accreditation Program (DRAP).

November 9, 2015

Q&A: Executive search pro shares impact of IT on healthcare staffing

Analytics, data security concerns, retailization and patient empowerment are just some of the issues having a big impact on healthcare. These changes require changes in the way providers find and hire the right people to manage.

November 9, 2015

Bread crumbs on the internet starting to inform care

BOSTON—Healthcare is at the cusp of being transformed by Big Data, said Thomas Hill, PhD, executive director for analytics, Dell Statistica Software, Information Management Group, speaking at the Big Data and Healthcare Analytics Forum.

November 9, 2015

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Cardiovascular Business

Q&A: Why are cardiovascular devices involved in so many recalls? FDA policies may be to blame

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.

Cardiovascular Business

Cardiologist compensation still rising, especially in invasive and interventional cardiology

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.

Cardiovascular Business

FDA’s tirzepatide decision creates uncertainty for patients—and leads to a lawsuit

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.

Management

Stewardship Health sale to private equity finalized for $245M

Baxter producing IV solutions ahead of schedule at Asheville-area site

Hackers were inside an Iowa hospital’s network for two weeks

Bill introduced in Congress would raise physician reimbursement by 1.9%

Good AI governance can spell the difference between smashing success and mere learning experience

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