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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ACA insurers seeking premium hikes as high as 49% due to policy uncertainty

In an analysis of what Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange insurers are requesting to charge customers in 21 major cities in 2018, the Kaiser Family Foundation found the cost for the second-lowest silver-level plan will range from $244 to $631 per month, with most enrollees cushioned from the price hikes by federal subsidies.

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Hospital evaluation tool IDs patients with poor outcomes

A study published in Liver Transplantation examined a common tool used in everyday evaluations and its efficiency in predicting patients in need of additional support after a liver transplant.

Value-based payments are ‘doomed,’ argues former Beth Israel Deaconess CEO

Paul Levy, the former president and CEO of Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, argues the move towards value-based care is “likely to be an energy-sapping distraction” based on false assumptions about providers' behavior.

Bringing Medicare into ACA markets could boost competition

With nearly 40 percent of counties nationwide being at risk of having no insurer on their Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange next year, a lack of competition for marketplace customers is a concern.

It's Never 2 Late Taps Video Game Development & Healthcare Technology Expert Matt Miller to Lead Product Development

It's Never 2 Late®, the leader in providing person-centered digital engagement, content and technology solutions for seniors, announced the expansion of its leadership team with the addition of Matt Miller as Vice President of Product Development. This addition underscores iN2L's commitment to providing personalized engagement solutions that include interactive multimedia, cognitive based gamification and adaptive devices to keep seniors active, connected and engaged.

Cash incentives get patients into doctor’s office

Cash incentives improve the rate of low-income adults making an initial appointment when they become newly covered by a primary care program, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

California hospitals could get back millions in Medicaid payments

An appeals court has sided with hospitals in California by ruling the federal government wrongly approved a 10 percent payment cut for outpatient services in Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, for an eight-month period beginning in July 2008.

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CMS CMO Patrick Conway picked to lead Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina has selected Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, the current chief medical officer at CMS, as its next president and CEO.

Around the web

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.

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. 

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.