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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Tenet to pay $513 million to settle referral kickback case

Tenet Healthcare Corporation and two of its subsidiaries in Atlanta will pay a total of $513 million to settle both civil and criminals charges of kickbacks and bribes being paid in exchange for Medicaid patient referrals.

$13.4 million awarded to test new children’s quality measures

Six grantees will receive a total $13.4 million in federal funding over four years to test and implement new pediatric quality measures.

House Republicans to CMS: Bundled payments shouldn’t be mandatory

Some 179 members of Congress have accused CMS of overstepping its authority in making bundled payment models, like one for cardiac episodes, mandatory without getting their approval.

California enacts new laws on nurse staffing, balance billing

A flurry of legislative activity in California in September included several new laws that will impact healthcare in the state.

Integrated systems, hospitals losing more money than private practices

Integrated health systems posted operating losses of approximately $210,000 per physician in 2015 compared to $14,000 per physician in private practices, according to a survey from the American Medical Group Management Association (AGMA), with hospitals' medical practice subsidiaries losing $250,000 per physician. 

CMS awards $347 million to hospitals in new safety, quality initiative

CMS has announced 16 organizations receiving a total of $347 million in grants in its new Hospital Improvement and Innovation Networks (HIINs) program. 

Not-for-profit hospitals improved financially in 2015—but analysts say it won’t last

The operating performance for not-for-profit hospitals improved “across the board” in fiscal year 2015, according to Fitch Ratings, but those figures are expected to drop off in 2016 and 2017 thanks to changes in CMS reimbursement.

Research thwarted by unreliable antibodies

More than 100 scientists met in California to find a solution to the increasingly research-thwarting problem of unreliable antibodies, according to NPR. 

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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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