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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Edwards continues valve-focused M&A streak by acquiring promising TAVR startup

The move makes it crystal clear that Edwards remains focused on pursuing advanced TAVR technologies. The company just acquired JenaValve, another company dedicated to developing new AR treatments, back in July.

Ron Blankstein, MD, FACC, FASNC, MSCCT, FASPC, associate director, cardiovascular imaging program, director, cardiac computed tomography, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a professor of medicine and radiology, Harvard Medical School, explains why Medicare is proposing increased coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) payments to hospitals.

Higher payments for CCTA could bring considerable change to cardiology

Ron Blankstein, MD, explains how and why Medicare is proposing an increase to hospital payments for coronary CT angiography.

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Reduce, reuse, recycle: How cath labs can lower cardiology’s colossal carbon footprint

Cath labs, like radiology suites and operating rooms, are leading contributors to the world’s growing carbon footprint.

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FDA approves hydrogel to stop severe, life-threatening bleeding

Traumagel is applied to wounds using a syringe and can be used even on traumatic injuries, such as those from gunshots.

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Q&A: Tips to thrive as an independent practice in the age of consolidation

An interview with Rik Baier, CMPE, Chief Executive Officer of Barrington Orthopedic Specialists and the Schaumburg Surgery Center, on the struggle of maintaining practice autonomy.

Bharath Krishnamurthy, a director of Health Policy and Analytics at the American Hospital Association (AHA), explains explains how drug shortages and supply chain issues are negatively impacting U.S. healthcare.

Drug shortages jeopardize patient access to quality hospital care

American Hospital Association Director of Health Policy and Analytics Bharath Krishnamurthy explains how drug shortages and supply chain issues are negatively impacting U.S. healthcare.

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White House unveils lower prices for popular heart, diabetes drugs after Medicare negotiations

Apixaban, empagliflozin, rivaroxaban and sacubitril/valsartan are just some of the medications included in this initial round of Medicare price negotiations. Their new prices were reduced by 56%, 66%, 62% and 53%, respectively. 

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Company that provides care options to emergency patients earns $14M in funding

MD Ally has now earned a total of $25M and has contracts in Arizona, Florida and Texas, working with emergency and social services to customize care for patients.

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Cardiovascular Business
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.

Cardiovascular Business
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. 

Cardiovascular Business
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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