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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Online communities can improve support for rural patients

A study, by University of Maryland business professors Ritu Agarwal and Guodong Gao, examined if online communities were measured on whether they could reduce disparities in healthcare among rural and urban popoulations.

Color, text changes on medication packaging reduce error rates

Researchers are attempting to minimize errors caused by confusing labels on over-the-counter medications by incorporating changes in fonts and text colors. The team was able to drop error rates from 68 percent to 16 percent in elderly patients.

Humana to write off $591 million owed in risk corridor payments

Humana indicated it doesn’t expect to receive the $591 million its owed by the federal government under the risk corridor program of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Physicians likely to have an ally in Tom Price at HHS

The nominee to run HHS under President-elect Donald Trump has a history of putting doctors’ interests first.

OSHA requests comments, schedules meeting on standard to prevent workplace violence in healthcare, social assistance

WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a Request for Information on whether to propose a standard to prevent workplace violence in healthcare and social assistance settings. The agency has also scheduled a public meeting on Jan. 10, 2017, in Washington, D.C., to discuss strategies for reducing incidents of violence in these workplaces.

2016: The year of digital health and recalibration

As 2016 comes to a close, the year has had its share of ups and downs. But looking specifically at the healthcare field, the year proved to be one of recalibration. 

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First CEO selected for NIH Clinical Center

Major General James K. Gilman, MD, U.S. Army (retired), has been named as the first CEO of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, the largest clinical research hospital in the country.

‘Dramatic slowdown’ in value-based care transition—and how Congress can jumpstart it

Members of the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) reported the transition to value-based care is slower than expected, with more multispecialty medical groups and integrated systems predicting fee-for-service (FFS) payments will take up a greater percentage of revenues in the next few years than originally projected.

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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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