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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Former healthcare CEO starts private equity firm

The former CEO of health insurance provider Anthem, Joseph Swedish, has started a private equity firm as a co-founder, Axios reported.

Healthcare orgs accelerating AI, big data investments

More than 75 percent of healthcare executive leaders said their organization is increasing the pace of investment in big data and AI, with a majority citing fear of disruption by competitors, according to a survey by NewVantage Partners.

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Trump summons top officials after drug prices rise

President Trump summoned top officials for a meeting at the White House on Jan. 8, Politico reported. The meeting comes as major drugmakers raised prices at the start of the year, prompting a Twitter response from the president.

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American cancer death rate dropped 27% over last quarter-century

Deaths from cancer in the United States declined 27 percent from a peak in 1991, according to the American Cancer Society.

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Hospital readmission reductions aren’t as positive as previously reported

Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) has been given a lot of credit for trimming readmission rates, but the real results may be far less impressive, according to a recent study published in Health Affairs.

The surprising, aggressive billing practices of Zuckerberg Hospital

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, the largest public hospital in the city, sticks patients with sky-high medical bills because it does not partner with any private health insurance plans, Vox reported.

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Medicaid director resigns after 3 months

After being appointed by the Trump administration to oversee Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Mary Mayhew has resigned after roughly three months on the job.

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Women are the majority of the healthcare workforce, but only 30% of leaders

Women are a dominant force in the healthcare industry, making up 65 percent of workers. Yet, only 30 percent of leaders in the field are women, underscoring a significant under-representation of their influence, according to a report from consulting firm Oliver Wyman.

Around the web

The American College of Cardiology has sent a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that outlines some of the organization’s central priorities and concerns. 

One product is being pulled from the market, and the other is receiving updated instructions for use.

If the Trump administration continues taking a laissez-faire stance toward AI—including AI used in healthcare—why not let the states go it alone on regulating the technology?