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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Americans have mixed feelings about value of medical care

Americans generally agree science has improved the quality of healthcare, but the vast majority consider it unaffordable, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.

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CMS cuts funding for marketplace navigators for 2nd consecutive year

CMS announced it will award $10 million to the Navigator Program starting in the fall of 2018—representing a sharp decrease from $63 million in 2016.

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Pfizer backs down on drug price increases, announces split into three businesses

Following attacks by President Trump on Twitter, drugmaker Pfizer backed down on its previously announced plan to raise drug prices on a number of prescriptions. Pfizer also announced Wednesday it will reorganize into three businesses, effective in 2019.

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Cost control is top of mind for healthcare CEOs in 2018

The No. 1 concern for healthcare executives is cost control, according to Advisory Board’s Annual Health Care CEO Survey.

Amazon’s OTC business offers pills at steep discount

Retail giant Amazon is selling over-the-counter (OTC) medicines at lower prices than its brick-and-mortar competitors.

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Trump’s Supreme Court nominee could face questions on healthcare record

Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s pick to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and a D.C. Appeals Court judge, will likely face questions on his healthcare record during confirmation hearings.

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CMS will allow participants to withdraw from new bundles in March 2019

CMS has announced participants in the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced model will be able to retroactively withdraw beginning in March 2019.

Trump attacks Pfizer after drug price increase

President Donald Trump lashed out at drug manufacturer Pfizer after the company raised prices for 100 drugs by an average of 9 percent, effective July 1.

Around the web

CMS finalized a significant policy change when it increased the Medicare payments hospitals receive for performing CCTA exams. What, exactly, does the update mean for cardiologists, billing specialists and other hospital employees?

Stryker, a global medtech company based out of Michigan, has kicked off 2025 with a bit of excitement. The company says Inari’s peripheral vascular portfolio is highly complementary to its own neurovascular portfolio.

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.