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.

HHS allocates over $4B in relief to hospitals hit hard by the pandemic

One billion of the total will go toward specialty rural hospitals, urban hospitals with certain rural Medicare designations and providers in small metropolitan areas, the administration announced recently.

Healthcare thought leaders fear lengthy ripple effects from COVID

Supply is suffering as hospitals continue to cope with COVID above all else. Demand is down due to patients’ reticence to risk nonemergency care. And the unease isn’t just about economics.  

Walgreens, VillageMD opening at least 500 clinics in more than 30 markets

Somewhere between 500 and 700 full-service doctor offices will open inside Walgreens stores over the next five years, and hundreds more may follow at new as well as existing marts.

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Trump’s move to withdraw from WHO puts America’s health at ‘grave risk,’ leading medical groups warn

Leaders of the American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians and American College of Physicians all cautioned against the president's plan.

VA allocates $100M for Philips eICU offerings

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will be spending as much as $100 million over the next 10 years on Philips tele-critical care products.

Should hospitals pay physician leaders for their extra work? And 3 more questions on the subject

Physicians who spend time on leadership duties increasingly expect to be compensated for performing these “above and beyond” tasks.

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Hospitals, nurses and physicians unite in urging public to wear masks, social distance

Their public plea comes amid spikes in coronavirus cases in states such as Texas and Florida, with residents in both recently filing lawsuits to quash government mask mandates. 

Are 14 hospitals too many for Vermont?

An influential writer in the Green Mountain State who’s lived there since the 1940s is calling for the culling of its hospital network.

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Cardiovascular devices are more likely to be in a Class I recall than any other device type. The FDA's approval process appears to be at least partially responsible, though the agency is working to make some serious changes. We spoke to a researcher who has been tracking these data for years to learn more. 

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.

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. 

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