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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Johnson & Johnson settles opioid case with New York for $230M

Johnson & Johnson will pay New York State $230 million in a settlement over a lawsuit against the drug manufacturer for its role in the opioid epidemic. 

 

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NextGen Healthcare announces CEO transition

NextGen Healthcare, an electronic health record company and provider of ambulatory-focused technology services, and its president and CEO, Rusty Frantz, have reached a mutual agreement for Frantz to step down from his role, effective immediately. 

 

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LifePoint acquires Kindred Healthcare

LifePoint Health is acquiring post-acute care provider Kindred Healthcare. 

 

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Hospital mergers drive up healthcare prices

Pressures from the pandemic will undoubtedly drive health systems and hospitals to mergewith unfortunate consequences for patients, Bloomberg’s editorial board recently wrote in an opinion article.

 

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Cano Health acquires University Health Care in $600M deal

Cano Health, a primary care provider for seniors and underserved communities, has acquired private medical provider University Health Care and its affiliates in a deal worth $600 million.

 

AI researchers gaining broader access to compute resources, government-gathered data

The data will draw on everything from census findings to driving habits gathered from vehicle sensors to—arguably most consequentially—medical records.

Fashion is coming for healthcare workers

Some healthcare workers are using personal protective equipment to express themselves, giving fashion a new inroad into the workplace.

 

18* notable regulatory approvals of emerging technologies over the past 30 days

Along with AI and machine learning, the list may include virtual and augmented reality, 3D printing, robotics and other technologies currently changing healthcare delivery.

Around the web

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.

The recall comes after approximately 3% of patients treated with the device during the early stages of its U.S. rollout experienced a stroke or transient ischemic attack following surgery. The expected stroke rate is closer to 1%, the FDA explained.