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.

Hospital finance

Hospitals face billions in losses this year

Hospitals are facing some of the tightest financial pressures of the past several years and expecting billions in losses for 2022.

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Low-value care less common in MA compared to traditional Medicare

As Medicare Advantage (MA) eclipses more and more of the Medicare market, it is critical to understand how MA plans are able to save costs and provide quality care to recipients.

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Former Google company Verily raises $1B

Verily, a life science company that was formerly a division of Google X, has raised $1 billion in a funding round led by Alphabet, parent company to Google.

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Survey says: The top 5 investment areas for C-suite health leaders in 2022

A new survey of 40 health industry executives shows that digital transformation and staffing challenges top the list of C-suite priorities for the year ahead. 

M&A mergers and acquisitions business deal

CVS enters $8B agreement to acquire Signify Health

The companies expect to close the agreement—which is subject to investor and regulator approval—in the first half of 2023.  

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VIDEO: Where are we with AI adoption in radiology?

Bibb Allen, MD, FACR, chief medical officer of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Data Science Institute, discusses multiple factors involved in the adoption rate of artificial intelligence in radiology.
 

Healthcare jobs swing upward in August

Healthcare employment rose during the month of August, likely a welcome relief to resource-stretched organizations.

Affera Inc Medtronic $925 million catheter ablation atrial fibrillation (AFib)

Medtronic completes acquisition of heart rhythm tech company in a deal reportedly worth $925M

Affera’s portfolio includes interventional solutions such as the Affera Prism-1 mapping and navigation platform, designed to help electrophysiologists diagnose heart rhythm issues, and the Sphere-9 cardiac ablation catheter. 

Around the web

Compensation for heart specialists continues to climb. What does this say about cardiology as a whole? Could private equity's rising influence bring about change? We spoke to MedAxiom CEO Jerry Blackwell, MD, MBA, a veteran cardiologist himself, to learn more.

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals. 

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”