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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HHS sued over work requirements for Medicaid recipients

Less than two weeks after Kentucky became the first state approved to implement work requirements for its “able-bodied” Medicaid beneficiaries, a lawsuit has been filed against HHS and CMS alleging the plan is “an abuse” of the agencies’ regulatory powers.

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Medicaid and CHIP Services director Brian Neale leaving CMS

Brian Neale, director of the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services and deputy administrator at CMS, will leave the job next month just as changes to Medicaid he helped champion are taking effect.

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Alex Azar confirmed as HHS Secretary

The U.S. Senate confirmed former Eli Lilly executive Alex Azar as the next HHS Secretary on a largely party-line vote, with seven Democrats joining all but one Republican in supporting his nomination.

ACA lowered out-of-pocket spending, but premiums kept rising

Out-of-pocket healthcare spending fell by 12 percent in the two years after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was fully implemented, but premiums rose by the same percentage.

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Rising prices, not utilization, driving up healthcare spending

Increased prices for many healthcare services were almost entirely responsible for driving up healthcare spending by 15 percent between 2012 and 2016, according to a report by the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI).

New Jersey hospital’s tax-exempt status challenged by city council

Hackensack University Medical Center could be on the hook to pay back millions in property taxes if the Hackensack, New Jersey, city council gets its way.

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Health policy priorities passed as part of shutdown deal

The stopgap spending measure funding the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for six years while delaying taxes on medical devices and health insurance. 

Interactive simulation could change behaviors of those with type 2 diabetes

An interactive, personalized simulation for patients with type 2 diabetes can show the effects of exercise on blood sugar, potentially improving behavior, according to a study published in JMIR Diabetes.

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Cardiovascular Business
Boston Scientific enters renal denervation market with acquisition worth up to $540M

Boston Scientific has announced another significant M&A deal, scooping up an Israeli medtech company focused on RDN technology. 

Radiology Business
Shift toward imaging outside the hospital could save billions

Harvard’s David A. Rosman, MD, MBA, explains how moving imaging outside of hospitals could save billions of dollars for U.S. healthcare.

Cardiovascular Business
FDA announces catheter recall for Johnson & Johnson PFA system due to stroke risk

The recall comes after approximately 3% of patients treated with the device during the early stages of its U.S. rollout experienced a stroke or transient ischemic attack following surgery. The expected stroke rate is closer to 1%, the FDA explained.