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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Private equity owns 900 patient care centers in Philadelphia, report finds

Physical therapy practices in greater Philadelphia are of particular interest to private equity firms, with 271 locations owned by six companies. The report comes from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP). 

 

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Pharmacy fined $39M for fraud after 7-day trial

Florida-based Assured RX was found to be complicit in billing a Connecticut health plan $10M, sending kickbacks to co-conspirators who formerly worked for the state. 

Q&A: Medicaid evolving to meet the mental health and material needs of patients

The former Medicaid Director of Texas, Gary Jessee, tells HealthExec that state healthcare programs are raising the bar for care access and quality, even for patients covered by commercial plans. 

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Cardiologist receives 158 years to life in prison for drugging, sexually assaulting multiple women

“You hurt our society," the judge said as he announced the sentencing in front of a packed courtroom. "It is a darker place because of you.” 

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FDA issues Class I update on robotic arms due to risk of fire

A protective coating on Jaco Assistive Robotic Arms from Kinova could become damaged, leading to exposed metal causing an electrical fire when it comes into contact with a powered wheelchair.

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FDA issues Class I recall on tracheostomy tubes after 12 injuries

The Smiths Medical BLUSelect and related products have a manufacturing defect and must be removed from stocks immediately. 

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MGMA concerned by 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Senior Vice of Government Affairs, Anders Gilberg, explains MGMA’s 28-page letter to CMS on issues with the proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
 

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Microsoft: Ransomware hit nearly 400 healthcare entities this year—a 300% rise since 2015

A study from Microsoft on the impact of ransomware found unaffected nearby hospitals see a rise in stroke and cardiac arrest cases, in addition to an influx of patients. 

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Given the precarious excitement of the moment—or is it exciting precarity?—policymakers and healthcare leaders must set directives guiding not only what to do with AI but also when to do it. 

The final list also included diabetes drugs sold by Boehringer Ingelheim and Merck. The first round of drug price negotiations reduced the Medicare prices for 10 popular drugs by up to 79%. 

HHS has thought through the ways AI can and should become an integral part of healthcare, human services and public health. Last Friday—possibly just days ahead of seating a new secretary—the agency released a detailed plan for getting there from here.