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.

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Rand releases bracing analysis of hospital prices; AHA repudiates approach, methodology

The Rand Corporation is reporting that, in 2022, employers and private insurers paid hospitals an average 254% more than what Medicare would have spent for the same services in the same facilities.

May 14, 2024
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RateMDs sued by doctor who claims the site violates privacy laws

The lawsuit contends RateMDs has a conflict of interest and sells ads to medical professionals reviewed by users of the site.

May 14, 2024
Remote ECG access on a smart phone via the Viz.ai Cardio Suite, which enables access to dynamic ECG, echo, MRI, CT images and reports. It also enables automated detection on imaging to alert care teams for STEMI, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, pulmonary embolism, aortic dissection and abdominal aortic aneurysm, and heart failure.

Cardiology ranked No. 2 among all specialties with 122 FDA-cleared AI models

Only radiology is associated with more FDA-cleared AI algorithms than cardiology, according to new federal data. 

May 14, 2024
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PaceMate names former Philips, BioTelemetry leader its new chief commercial officer

JR Finkelmeier has more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare and medical device industries.

May 14, 2024
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Almost 80% of knowledge workers bring their own GenAI to work

Around the world, 3 of 4 workers who routinely handle information are now using generative AI on the job. And almost half of them are new to the technology, having begun using it only over the past half-year.

May 14, 2024
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Kaiser Permanente unloading $3.5B in private equity stakes

Citing sources familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported that Kaiser Permanente is working with Jefferies Financial Group to find secondary buyers.

May 13, 2024

Ascension confirms ransomware caused service shutdowns, ambulance diversions

Emergency services are back up and running, but many patients will need to reschedule tests and treatments while systems at Ascension remain partially offline.

May 13, 2024
lex Sandhu, MD, MS, assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine, Stanford University, and cardiologist at the Palo Alto VA. He spoke in the business of cardiology sessions at ACC 2024 and explained how Medicare reimbursements will be moving toward a value based payment model by 2030. #ACC #ACC24 #ACC2024 #CMS #reimbersements #Medicare

How the shift to value-based reimbursements could transform cardiology

"I think we really need our cardiologist community to understand the changes that are happening with value-based payment," one expert tells Cardiovascular Business. 

May 13, 2024

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The recall includes specific lots of five different medical devices used to treat stroke and other neurovascular diseases.

The agency is urging healthcare providers to transition away from these devices and seek out alternatives. It is even working with other manufacturers to try and get similar products on the market as quickly as possible. 

Jeffrey Kuvin, MD, one of the leading voices behind efforts to create a new Board of Cardiovascular Medicine, spoke with Cardiovascular Business about where things stand today.

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