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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Missouri Hospital Association's consumer website adds pricing data

The Missouri Hospital Association’s consumer-focused website, Focus on Hospitals, now offers pricing data for participating Missouri hospitals.

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NQF’s Measure Applications Partnership offers recommendations

The National Quality Forum’s Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) has submitted recommendations to the Department of Health and Human Services for approximately 140 performance measures under consideration for use in 16 federal healthcare programs.

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Abbott agrees to acquire Alere for $5.8 billion

Abbott has agreed to acquire point-of-care diagnostics company Alere for approximately $5.8 billion, the companies announced this week. 

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Proposed rule changes ACO benchmarks

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to update the methodology used to measure the performance of accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.

Livanta Selects InterQual to Support its Medicare Utilization and Quality Care Reviews

The BFCC-QIO will use InterQual evidence-based criteria for two-midnight short-stay reviews.

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Examining the benefits of large-scale insurance mergers

Mergers of large health insurance companies have been in the news in recent months, but an editorial from Health Affairs suggests it remains to be seen if such deals are truly beneficial. 

Study: No one spends more on healthcare than the U.S. government

The U.S. government spends more money on healthcare than any other nation in the world, including countries with universal healthcare programs such as Canada and the U.K., according to a study published online Jan. 21 in the American Journal of Public Health.

Learn about the revamped eCQI Resource Center

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reintroduced its eCQI Resource Center, which serves as a one-stop shop for the most current resources to support electronic clinical quality improvement.

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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.

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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. 

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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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