Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

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Is the healthcare system helping us gain pounds instead of lose them?

Obesity has become an epidemic in America and according to Bruce Lee, the healthcare industry is helping expand out waistlines.

AOL's Case outlines the 'third wave' of technology in healthcare

Join Steve Case, cofounder of AOL, chairman and CEO of Revolution and author of "The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision Of The Future," as he writes about the third wave of healthcare. This wave, according to Case, focuses on the integration of technology within healthcare, something most systems refuse to evolve into.

How machine learning, AI are evolving healthcare

As the technoogy continues to grow in complexity and capabilities, machine learning and artificial intelligence have begun to play a bigger part in providing personalized a better quality healthcare.

Health trends, tech will drive demand for orthotists, prosthetists

Several trends in Americans’ health are contributing to the increased demand for orthotic and prosthetic practitioners, according to a new study by the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists. 

DOJ wants Anthem-Cigna bickering made public

The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) may have new ammunition in their fight to keep Anthem and Cigna from merging: the companies’ own behind-the-scenes bickering. 

Gap insurance plans can help cover the cost of high deductibles

According to Kaiser Health News, more and more people are buying gap insurance plans, or “insurance for [your] insurance,” as one customer described it. 

Medicare spending on EpiPens went up 1,100% between 2007 and 2014

The rising price for EpiPens since the autoinjector device was acquired by Mylan in 2007 can’t come close to the increase in how much Medicare Part D spends on it, according to an analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

CMS’s voluntary bundled payment evaluation finds uneven results

The evaluation of models 2-4 of Medicare’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative highlighted mixed results on savings and quality in the first 15 months of the program.

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Cardiovascular Business
FDA says years-long tirzepatide shortage is resolved, will give limited leeway to compounders

The tirzepatide shortage that first began in 2022 has been resolved. Drug companies distributing compounded versions of the popular drug now have two to three more months to distribute their remaining supply.

AI in Healthcare
From Capitol Hill to a hospital near you? 5 federal recommendations for healthcare AI policy

The 24 members of the House Task Force on AI—12 reps from each party—have posted a 253-page report detailing their bipartisan vision for encouraging innovation while minimizing risks. 

Cardiovascular Business
Merck spends up to $2B to license new weight loss drug with potential heart benefits

Merck sent Hansoh Pharma, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, an upfront payment of $112 million to license a new investigational GLP-1 receptor agonist. There could be many more payments to come if certain milestones are met.