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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Aetna CEO calls exchanges ‘good investment,’ raises earnings forecast

Aetna's CEO says the insurer won’t lose money on its health insurance marketplace business this year.

Wyeth, Pfizer to pay $784M to settle Medicaid fraud claims

Pfizer and Wyeth have agreed to pay $784.6 million to resolve allegations of underpaying rebates to Medicaid.

Stronger together: The coupling up of the healthcare industry

It seems that everyone is pairing up these days. From Abbott reaching a deal to buy St. Jude Medical for $25 billion, Sanofi making an offer to Medivation for $9.3 billion and AbbVie signing a deal with Stemcnetrx for $5.8 billion.

Why bigger is better business for health care companies

Companies are increasingly viewing scaling up as the only way to stay competitive, according to the New York Times.

CMS: Prescription drug costs are growing problem

Drug prices rose 12 percent in 2015 and national spending on cancer and hepatitis drugs and other special medicines has doubled in the past five years.

Halamka offers initial response to MACRA proposed rule

The MACRA proposed rule is "an example of regulatory overambition," according to John Halamka, MD, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

AMA supports proposed rules for quality payment but notes they are just a 'first step'

The American Medical Association has voiced its support for the proposed rule that establishes a simpler, less burdensome quality payment program and announced "new online information and resources to help physicians navigate the changing landscape," according to the group's president, Steven J. Stack, MD.

Proposed rule aims to modernize provider payment for quality care

The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) latest proposed rule would implement a unified framework called the Quality Payment Program, which essentially replaces the Meaningful Use program.

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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. 

Cardiovascular Business
Cardiology groups cheer new bill that would improve access to Medicare claims data

If passed, this bill would help clinician-led clinical registries explore Medicare data for research purposes. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and American College of Cardiology both shared public support for the bipartisan legislation. 

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