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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Survey: Less than 33% of physicians to be independent by 2013

U.S. physicians continue to sell their private practices and seek employment with healthcare systems, according to a new survey from consulting company Accenture.

CMIO Summit: Cochran discusses Vermont HIE's sustainability challenges

BOSTONDavid Cochran, MD, CEO and president of Vermont IT Leaders (VITL) outlined the organizations use of public funding to connect providers, while noting the real possibly that funding could be stripped in 2015. Cochran made his comments during a panel discussion titled Health Information Exchange: How to Play, What to Gain at the CMIO Summit Clinical IT Leadership Forum on June 10.

IMS acquires Med-Vantage

Analytical services provider IMS Health has acquired Med-Vantage, a San Francisco-based software technology company, expanding IMS capabilities in the payor marketplace. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Health Affairs: Raising quality cuts costs

Driven by robust clinical information systems, rigorous performance measurement has led Intermountain Healthcare in Utah to achieve healthcare's holy grail: vastly improved patient outcomes at substantially lower costs.

JACR: Lean could help radiology cut waste

Applying the Toyota business concept of Lean Manufacturing--a quality improvement (QI) method aimed at reducing waste--to radiology can spur optimized value and enhanced QI, according to an article published in the June issue of the Journal of American College of Radiology.

Webinar: Theres more than one road to ACO shared savings

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) offer an opportunity for providers to participate in Medicare in a new wayrewarding better care for patients, said John Pilotte, director of performance-based payment policy staff at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), who made his comments during a June 2 webinar. 

Health Affairs: Mass. P4P plan hasn't uncovered disparities

Massachusetts' innovative use of pay-for-performance bonuses to attempt to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the case of Medicaid patients has turned up no evidence of the problem at any of the state's 66 acute-care hospitals, according to a study published in the June edition of Health Affairs.

Medicaid to stop paying for 'never' events in July

Medicaid will stop reimbursing states for any amounts expended for providing medical assistance for provider-preventable events, including healthcare-acquired conditions, effective July 1.

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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.