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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Trump says he’ll ‘always fight’ for people with pre-existing conditions; DOJ’s stance says otherwise

As the U.S. Department of Justice works to help nullify the Affordable Care Act, recent comments by President Donald Trump directly contradict his administration’s stance.

Kyruus Adds Seasoned Healthcare Technology Leader, Stephen Kahane, M.D., M.S., to Its Board of Directors

Senior Executive to Leverage His Experience at athenahealth, VitalWorks, and AMICAS to Advise the Patient Access Leader on its Growth Strategy and Commercial Execution

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MA provider shells out $270M for False Claims Act settlement

Medicare Advantage (MA) provider HealthCare Partners Holdings has agreed to pay $270 million to resolve its False Claims Act liability after providing inaccurate information that caused MA plans to receive inflated Medicare payments, the Department of Justice announced this week.

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Baylor Scott & White, Memorial Hermann announce merger plans

Baylor Scott & White Health and Memorial Hermann Health System announced plans to merge their systems on Monday, Oct. 1.

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Fortune releases 1st annual Best Workplaces in Aging Services ranking

Fortune, alongside research partner Great Place to Work, has released its first annual Best Workplaces in Aging Services list, a ranking that analyzed more than 162,000 employees across the outpatient and at-home sectors of senior care.

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The Week: US edging toward ‘nursing crisis’

The U.S. is edging ever closer to a nursing crisis, news magazine The Week has reported, citing staffing shortages, security concerns and insufficient pay among the reasons American RNs are becoming restless.

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GE names new CEO; GE Healthcare still plans to split from parent company

GE Healthcare still plans to separate into an independent company after General Electric named a new chairman and CEO, according to a report by CNBC.

Immigrants’ private insurance premiums exceed amount they receive in benefits

Immigrants to the U.S. accounted for nearly 13 percent of premiums paid to private insurers in 2014, according to a study published Oct. 1 in Health Affairs. But they’re spending more on those premiums than they’re receiving in benefits, creating a deficit that’s hard to ignore as the country wrestles with immigration policy.

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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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