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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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Current ACA repeal plan carries $1.1 trillion increase in uncompensated care costs

The number of uninsured people would more than double and the individual insurance market would collapse if the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is repealed through a fast-track process called budget reconciliation.

Nonprofit hospitals maintain stable outlook in Moody’s report

Moody’s Investor Service projects nonprofit hospitals and health systems will remain stable in 2017, despite uncertainty caused by the results of the presidential and congressional elections.

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Trump talk: President-elect's promise to control drug prices tanks biotech stocks

Biotech stocks fell nearly 5 percent Dec. 7, after Time magazine published an interview with President-elect Donald Trump's interview with Time magazine, in which he vowed to take action to control drug prices.

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‘A true clean slate:’ What hospitals want in ACA repeal

If Republicans in Congress move forward with plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) without a replacement ready, hospitals could lose hundreds of billions of dollars.

Insurers want more time to decide on 2018 ACA exchange participation

With Congress and the next president promising repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the nation’s largest health insurance lobby wants a delay for insurers to submit plans to offer coverage on the law’s exchanges for 2018.

NIH Director Collins may stay in Trump administration

Republicans on congressional committees which oversee the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are encouraging President-elect Donald Trump to retain the agency’s current director, Francis Collins, MD, PhD.

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Aetna argues federal case against Humana merger based on ‘pretend world’

The antitrust trial on Aetna’s proposed $37 billion acquisition of Humana began Dec. 5, with the U.S. Department of Justice beginning to make its case that the merger would reduce competition and raise prices for patients and hospitals.

21 states have no hospitals on Leapfrog Group’s 2016 award lists

The Leapfrog Group has named the recipients of its 2016 Top Hospital awards for children’s, rural, teaching and general hospitals.  

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Cardiovascular Business
Boston Scientific enters renal denervation market with acquisition worth up to $540M

Boston Scientific has announced another significant M&A deal, scooping up an Israeli medtech company focused on RDN technology. 

Radiology Business
Shift toward imaging outside the hospital could save billions

Harvard’s David A. Rosman, MD, MBA, explains how moving imaging outside of hospitals could save billions of dollars for U.S. healthcare.

Cardiovascular Business
FDA announces catheter recall for Johnson & Johnson PFA system due to stroke risk

The recall comes after approximately 3% of patients treated with the device during the early stages of its U.S. rollout experienced a stroke or transient ischemic attack following surgery. The expected stroke rate is closer to 1%, the FDA explained.