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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UPenn Health System expanding into New Jersey

Princeton Healthcare System (PCHS) will join the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), marking the latter’s first expansion beyond Pennsylvania’s borders.

Dedicated time tops list of most used strategy for resident handoff

Improving resident handoffs has been at the top of the list for many major healthcare organizations. Where they fall short is knowing specifically which recommended strategy is the most effective.

$28 billion saved by patient safety efforts

Hospital-acquired infections and the deaths caused by them plunged between 2010 and 2015, according to a new report released by HHS.

HHS Secretary: Healthcare reform must ‘continue to endure’

HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell defended the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the broader efforts of changing healthcare payments, delivery systems and health IT in a Health Affairs blog post.

MedPAC recommends higher pay for docs, hospitals in 2018, but not for ASCs

Medicare payments to physicians and hospitals should increase in 2018, but a planned payment bump for ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) should be scrapped, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).

Aura Labs settles with FTC for inaccurate blood pressure app

Aura Labs has agreed to settle charges from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) relating to its Instant Blood Pressure (IBP) mobile application, which came under fire for claims that is was as effective as a conventional blood pressure cuff.

Partners Healthcare posts its biggest operating loss ever

Massachusetts’ largest health network, Partners Healthcare, lost $108 million on operations for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, reversing a $106 million profit a year earlier.

52 million with pre-existing conditions could be denied coverage if ACA repealed

If pre-Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance regulations returned with a repeal of the law, 52 million people under the age of 65—27 percent of the U.S. population—could be denied coverage on the individual market due to pre-existing conditions.

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Cardiovascular Business
Cardiologist compensation still rising, especially in invasive and interventional cardiology

Updated compensation data includes good news for multiple subspecialties. The new report also examines private equity's impact on employment models and how much male cardiologists earn compared to females.

Cardiovascular Business
FDA’s tirzepatide decision creates uncertainty for patients—and leads to a lawsuit

When drugs are on the FDA’s shortage list, outsourcing facilities can produce their own compounded versions. When the FDA removed tirzepatide from that list with no warning, it created a considerable amount of chaos both behind the scenes and in pharmacies all over the country. 

Cardiovascular Business
Cardiology groups cheer new bill that would improve access to Medicare claims data

If passed, this bill would help clinician-led clinical registries explore Medicare data for research purposes. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and American College of Cardiology both shared public support for the bipartisan legislation. 

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