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.

Anti-overdose drug available in Texas CVS stores

Texas residents in danger of a drug overdose will have easier access to a potentially life-saving drug. 

Editorial: Critically evaluate technology's impact on healthcare

We live in a society that relies on technology more with each passing day—and our healthcare system is no different. Charts are in the cloud and doctors are just a click away, but is all this technology, meant to improve care, actually taking us away from what true healthcare is about?

ACA market news: Cigna expanding, Centene scaling back

One of the five largest health insurers in the U.S. plans on expanding its offerings on health insurance marketplaces for 2017, going in the opposite direction of to rivals Humana and UnitedHealthcare when it comes to participation on Affordable Care Act exchanges.

Using speech to diagnose Alzheimer’s

Diagnosis and dectect of Alzheimer’s disease has long been problematic. Now, a new technology may use an individual's speech patterns to detect and monitor cognitive disorders, including Alzheimer’s.

Patients benefit from advocating for themselves

When discussing the pros and cons of new drugs, new treatments, new studies or any new medical development with government regulators, people with different relationships to the health concern at hand often make up an advocacy group. 

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CMS star ratings debut with promise for continued updates

After several months of buildup, the CMS Hospital Compare website began to offer overall hospital star ratings July 27. 

FDA seeking comment on blood donation restrictions for gay men

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is formally asking for comments on whether it should change its policy of only allowing gay men to donate blood after they’ve been abstinent for one year.

Kaiser Family Foundation appoints New York Times journalist as editor-and-chief

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation has announced renowned New York Times health journalist Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD, as the new editor-in-chief of Kaiser Health News.

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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.

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. 

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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