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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FDA will strengthen expanded access program for non-approved treatments

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, has signaled that the agency will strengthen its expanded access (EA) program to enable more patients to access investigational medical products and treatments for serious or life-threatening diseases.

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Can AI make doctors obsolete? Yes and no

In a head-to-head commentary piece recently published in The BMJ, three researchers argued if AI's impact could eventually cause physicians to become obsolete.

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CMS proposes to reform Medicaid managed care

CMS proposed regulatory reform of the Medicaid managed care program on Nov. 8, giving states more freedom over network-adequacy standards.

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Harvard: AI may help solve healthcare's red-tape problem

Artificial intelligence may help stop the “downward spiral in productivity” in the healthcare system that has been plagued by labor-intensive, inefficient administrative tasks, according to an article in the Harvard Business Review.

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FTC accuses Florida agency of selling $100M in fraudulent insurance plans

A federal judge has temporarily shut down Florida-based company Simple Health Plans after the Federal Trade Commission accused the agency of collecting more than $100 million in fraudulent insurance payments and leaving its enrollees with thousands of dollars in medical debt.

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PwC: What the midterm shakeup means for healthcare

After holding control of Congress for eight years and attempting to eradicate the Affordable Care Act dozens of times, Republicans lost the majority in the House on Nov. 6 during the midterm elections. The partisan shakeup could have several impacts on the nation's healthcare agenda.

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Perspective: Ethical challenges must be addressed with machine learning

Before healthcare providers go all-in with machine learning, the technology needs to align with safety and ethical standards, according to a recent perspective published in PLOS Medicine.

Healthcare Leaders Merge to Accelerate the Promise of Value-Based Care

Mingle Analytics and SilverVue form Mingle Health to deliver an all-in-one platform that includes the consulting, analytics, and tools to streamline medical practices, integrate the delivery network, and improve patient outcomes.

Around the web

Gerald G. Blackwell, MD, MBA, MedAxiom's president and CEO, examined how different cardiology employment models look today compared to even a decade ago.

The piece in question, which features a red heart-shaped balloon, has an unusual origin story, even by Banksy’s standards. 

More than 40 U.S. healthcare organizations are urging Congress not to make sweeping Medicaid cuts that could result in approximately 7.6 million Americans losing health insurance.