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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Fitch Ratings: ‘Successful disruption’ of healthcare may be coming

An overall stable outlook for the healthcare sector in 2018 the latest report from Fitch Ratings came with a warning that individual companies will likely see a greater number of credit downgrades, while the industry as a whole could soon face disruption by “outside forces.”

Why a hospital billed $1,877 for an ear piercing

When Margaret O’Neill brought her 5-year-old daughter to Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora for an outpatient procedure to snip some tissue around her tongue, the surgeon made an unusual offer to pierce her ears while she was under anesthesia.

Hospital groups fighting CMS, pharma on 340B cuts

The American Hospital Association, America’s Essential Hospitals and the Association of American Medical Colleges are both lobbying against and suing over a CMS rule to cut Medicare payments made through 340B drug discount program by 28 percent.

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5 things to know about Alex Azar’s first hearing as nominee for HHS Secretary

One Republican said he wouldn't support the nomination of Alex Azar, if the former pharmaceutical executive can't support importation of pharmaceuticals from other countries. 

Letting states pick essential health benefits may ‘undermine’ ACA

Insurers, hospitals and regulators had a largely negative reaction to a major provision of the proposed Affordable Care Act (ACA) benefit parameters for 2019 that would allow states to define their own “essential health benefits” which ACA-compliant insurance plans have to cover, saying it may return the nongroup market to its pre-ACA state.

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VA hospitals failed to report potentially dangerous physicians

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) failed to report disciplinary action taken against providers and delayed reviews of complaints against physicians, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

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States warn CHIP recipients benefits may end in January

Nearly two months after authorization for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expired, two states are sending letters to families about the potential loss in insurance coverage for their children unless Congress approves funding—and another says it’s already out of money.

What questions await HHS nominee Alex Azar

Former Eli Lilly executive and President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next HHS Secretary, Alex Azar, will face his first confirmation hearing before the Senate health committee on Nov. 29. He’s likely to get plenty of queries from Democrats on his opposition to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as well as his actions as a pharmaceutical executive, such as Eli Lilly’s price hikes on insulin.

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AI in Healthcare
4 ways HHS plans to help shape a national strategy for healthcare AI

HHS has thought through the ways AI can and should become an integral part of healthcare, human services and public health. Last Friday—possibly just days ahead of seating a new secretary—the agency released a detailed plan for getting there from here.

Cardiovascular Business
FDA announces recall after Philips heart monitor software failed to send alerts—multiple deaths reported

Philips is recalling the software associated with its Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry devices after certain high-risk ECG events were never routed to trained cardiology technicians as intended. The issue, which lasted for two years, has been linked to more than 100 injuries. 

Cardiovascular Business
Why electrophysiologists needed a champion in Washington

Heart Rhythm Society President Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, detailed a new advocacy group focused on improving EP reimbursements, patient care and access. “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu," he said.