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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Family files lawsuit after transplant ends in tragedy—says son ‘got the heart of a meth addict’

A Florida family is suing Mayo Clinic for allegedly performing a heart transplant without communicating certain risks associated with the donated organ. Mayo Clinic has pushed back against those claims, saying it acted appropriately every step of the way. 

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Report: NIH continues to pull research grants, in violation of court orders

While the policy of President Donald Trump is to axe research on transgender issues and DEI, scientists who spoke to the Boston Globe said their work does not run up against those restrictions. 

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HHS sends 80K workers a $25K ‘voluntary’ resignation notice

Per a media report, employees received the offer via email on Friday. No official layoffs have been announced. 

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Walgreens confirms $10B sale to PE, as part of $24B transaction

Sycamore Partners will be purchasing the struggling pharmacy chain for $11.45 a share and putting its VillageMD clinics up for sale. 

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Maryland woman faces prison for concocting $3.6M mental health scam

Tasha Saunders, 44, pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid in a scheme that involved creating fake patient records and forging the signatures of unwitting providers at a psychiatric rehabilitation center. 

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5 ways AI can help make healthcare more affordable for everyone

The people who can least afford healthcare are often among those who need healthcare the most. 

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More than 1,000 hospitals earn $700M opioid crisis judgment

Drug distributors AmerisourceBergen (Cencora), Cardinal Health, McKesson, Johnson & Johnson, Teva and Allergan do not admit to wrongdoing. However, they have agreed to a settlement which will compensate providers for opioid abuse treatments. 

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Nursing home sued after horrific wound found on dementia patient

After a bout of COVID-19, an 81-year-old woman developed bed sores that became infested with maggots. A lawsuit claims the facility failed to take proper action to treat the injury.

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If the Trump administration continues taking a laissez-faire stance toward AI—including AI used in healthcare—why not let the states go it alone on regulating the technology? 

Boston Scientific has announced another significant M&A deal, scooping up an Israeli medtech company focused on RDN technology. 

Harvard’s David A. Rosman, MD, MBA, explains how moving imaging outside of hospitals could save billions of dollars for U.S. healthcare.