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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MACRA comments urge CMS to push back start date

Delaying the schedule start for reporting under new payment models set up after passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) was one of several common suggestions included in comments on CMS’s proposed rule.  

12 executive moves from June

A list of top executive happenings in June.

Home health would see $180 million Medicare cut under CMS proposal

CMS is proposing a 1 percent reduction in reimbursements for home healthcare agencies for 2017, amounting to an overall cut in payment of $180 million.

NYU shuts down medical studies over drug violations

Use of relatively untested drugs on patients with serious mental health issues, along with incomplete case histories and falsified records, led New York University’s medical school to end eight psychiatric studies.

Doctors develop computer simulation for spleen's filtering process

Researchers have created a new computer model that is able to show how the tiny slits in the spleen filter diseased or misshapen red blood cells from re-entering the bloodstream. 

EPA OKs drinking filtered water in Flint as CDC releases report detailing effects on children

It’s finally OK to drink the tap water in Flint, Mich.—but only if it’s filtered, according to a June 23 announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency.

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CDC awards $26M for research on hospital ‘superbugs’

Several academic hospitals have been awarded $26 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to research new ways to prevent hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), particularly those resistant to antibiotics

Patients unhappy with UnitedHealth’s limits on insulin pumps

A new deal between UnitedHealthcare and device maker Medtronic means fewer options for UnitedHealth customers who need insulin pumps to treat Type 1 diabetes.

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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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