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.

RSS icon

ACA risk corridor lawsuit tossed out

Land of Lincoln Health, a now-shuttered Illinois health insurance co-op, lost its legal fight with HHS after a federal judge threw out its lawsuit over payments it claimed to be owed under the Affordable Care Act’s risk corridor program.

CFO change at Allina after nursing strikes cost system $105 million

Allina Health will be getting a new CFO after the system posted a $67.7 million operating loss for the third quarter following two separate nursing strikes in 2016.

‘Uncertainty’ among insurers over Trump’s ACA plans

Insurance companies are worried plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may create the very “death spiral” opponents of the law have claimed is already happening.

How drug price hikes affect Medicare, Medicaid

Steep price hikes for a number of prescription drugs led to big increases in Medicaid and Medicare spending in 2015, according to data released by CMS.

Measles deaths falling despite some objections to vaccines

A new study shows the number of deaths caused by measles has fallen by 79 percent worldwide since 2000, The New York Times reports.

Obama, Burwell defend ACA after Trump’s win

President Barack Obama and HHS Sylvia Burwell took time to weigh in on plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in some of their first comments since Donald Trump’s surprising win in the Nov. 8 presidential election.

Why keeping only popular parts of ACA won’t work

While President-elect Donald Trump may be offering a compromise on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by keeping its ban on insurers denying coverage based on preexisting conditions, it’s doomed to fail if insurers can charge sick people more.

Thumbnail

4 contenders for Trump’s HHS Secretary

President-elect Donald Trump has outlined healthcare changes, particularly the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as one of the top priorities of his administration, so his pick to run HHS will be a crucial indicator of how quickly and cleanly he may proceed with his repeal-and-replace promises.

Displaying 5345 - 5352 of 8476

Around the web

Cardiovascular Business
Reimbursement update: What hospitals need to know about new Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS finalized a significant policy change when it increased the Medicare payments hospitals receive for performing CCTA exams. What, exactly, does the update mean for cardiologists, billing specialists and other hospital employees?

Cardiovascular Business
Stryker acquires Inari Medical for $4.9B

Stryker, a global medtech company based out of Michigan, has kicked off 2025 with a bit of excitement. The company says Inari’s peripheral vascular portfolio is highly complementary to its own neurovascular portfolio.

Radiology Business
The biggest obstacles facing radiology business managers in 2025

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.