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.

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McKesson to acquire Portico Systems

McKesson has signed a definitive agreement to acquire healthcare services provider Portico Systems.

Singapore deploys nationwide EHR

Accenture and Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) Holdings have launched a national EHR system. The first phase of the national EHR implementation will provide a single health record for healthcare professionals across the continuum.

White House faults McKinsey survey methodology

McKinsey & Company has released details regarding the methodology of a survey that concluded that employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) will drop by a third after 2014. The White House blasted the methodology in a blog posted yesterday.

AMA: Inaccuracy in claims payment is on the rise

Inaccurate claims payments have increased by 2 percent overall among commercial health insurers during the past year, according to the American Medical Associations (AMA) fourth annual National Health Insurer Report Card.

NEJM: Linking data is critical to ending care disparities

Collecting data and linking them to quality measures are vital for targeting efforts at reducing racial and ethnic disparities in care, according to a June 16 perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Study: FQHCs treating more patients, chronic conditions

Use of nonprofit community clinics and health centers is increasing, and these facilities are seeing more uninsured patients and more chronic conditions, according to a report from Direct Relief.

Study: Physician-rating websites' validity is suspect

Online physician rating sites are gaining popularity, yet patients who post on online physician rating sites are less likely to comment on perceived low-quality physicians, and more apt to exaggerate their opinions as compared to offline populations, according to a paper presented June 20 at the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Healthcare 2011 conference in Montreal.

N.H. court nixes anti-healthcare reform legislation

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has branded House Bill 89, an act requiring state Attorney General Michael Delaney to join State of Florida et al v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al., the lawsuit challenging the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA), unconstitutional.

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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.