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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Hospital federation: Many hospitals now ‘teeter on the brink of financial collapse’

Plummeting healthcare spending due to COVID-19 had much to do with the U.S. gross domestic product falling 4.8% the first quarter of this year—and April’s report may bring no relief.  

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Agfa-Gevaert completes healthcare IT sale to Dedalus for $1.07B

Dedalus Group chairman Giorgio Moretti expresses pride over the deal going through despite the challenges COVID-19 has posed to Italy’s healthcare system and economy.

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Google’s healthcare API has its ‘first and only’ supplier of MFT software

Coviant Software is announcing it has become the first and only supplier of managed file transfer (MFT) software to fully support Google Cloud’s newly opened healthcare API for data exchange.

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HeartVista raises $8.65M for AI-powered MRI solutions, will offer free services during pandemic

The AI specialists have now raised $16.35 million overall.

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Supreme Court awards $12B to private Obamacare insurers

Private health insurers will bank a collective $12 billion windfall after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday, 8 to 1, that they’re entitled to federal compensation for money they were promised to help stand up the Affordable Care Act.

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20 states excel at protecting the vulnerable from COVID-19

Using such metrics as telehealth adoption and pledges of free vaccine when one becomes available, WalletHub has ranked the states in order of most to least supportive of at-risk populations during the pandemic.

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Which healthcare AI startups made a close watcher’s top 25 for 2020?

Several healthcare AI companies rank among the “top 25 machine learning startups to watch in 2020” in the view of a senior contributor at Forbes.com.

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Guest Commentary: Prepare now for post-COVID patient access

The altered landscape presents U.S. healthcare providers with an unavoidable question: What will our operations look like post COVID-19?

Around the web

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses some of the biggest obstacles facing the specialty in the new year. 

Mark Isenberg, executive vice president of Zotec Partners, discusses key developments that will reshape the specialty this year. 

The tirzepatide shortage that first began in 2022 has been resolved. Drug companies distributing compounded versions of the popular drug now have two to three more months to distribute their remaining supply.