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.

Video of Denise Garris, ASE regulatory consultant and principal of the Korris Group, explaining how reimbursements from insurance andMedicare work to pay or cardiac ultrasound exams. #ASE #ASE360 #ASE23 #ASE2023 #healthcarereimbursment

Understanding reimbursements and coding for echocardiography

"I think everyone would agree that the current fee-for-service model is not working appropriately and there needs to be a fix," regulatory consultant Denise Garris explained in a new interview. 

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Provider execs are feeling pushed by AI buzz—and starting to do something about it

Almost 80% of provider organizations spent more on IT systems and software this year than last, yet only 6% have a plan in hand to incorporate generative AI into their digital ecosystem.

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The telehealth paradox—and where the ‘revolution’ must go from here

Three business professors believe the post-COVID “telehealth revolution” could work against its own implied promise to broaden care access.

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Healthcare pay seems to have risen and ‘reset’

Despite slowing growth in year-over-year average hourly outlays, payrolls at U.S. hospitals and outpatient clinics may have plateaued at permanently elevated levels.

Private equity firm to acquire EHR vendor for up to $1.6B

Thoma Bravo has reached an agreement to acquire NextGen Healthcare for $23.95 per share in cash.

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Report: Private equity firm close to acquiring prominent EHR vendor

According to sources close to the situation, the deal could be final in a matter of days. 

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23 healthcare workers arrested for protesting Kaiser Permanente staffing policies

The protesters were arrested for civil disobedience after organizing at the W Hollywood Hotel.

FDA shares update on heart devices linked to multiple recalls and patient deaths

The devices, designed to provide temporary support to a patient's left ventricle, have been associated with a long list of issues in recent months. 

Around the web

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses some of the biggest obstacles facing the specialty in the new year. 

Mark Isenberg, executive vice president of Zotec Partners, discusses key developments that will reshape the specialty this year. 

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.