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.

Dialysis services could get extra $50 million from CMS in 2017

Dialysis services would receive $50 million in additional Medicare reimbursements under a 0.5 percent increase included in suggested rate changes by CMS.

3-D printed cartilage may present new path toward joint rejuvenation

A research team at Penn State has developed a 3-D bioprinting process that uses strands of cow cartilage to create cartilage patches for worn out joints. 

Living organ donation can be ethical minefield

If someone is dying but could donate vital organs before life support was removed, can a spouse make someone a living donor without that person's direct consent?

State news: Calif. split on Aetna-Humana merger, N.Y. enacts opioid prescription limits

Here’s a roundup of the latest healthcare news from California, New York, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana.

Adeptus Health names new chief medical officer

Lewisville, Texas-based Adeptus Health, a healthcare provider that specializes in free-standing emergency rooms, named a new chief medical officer as it continues to expand its national footprint.

CDC failed to disclose lab mishaps to Congress

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told Congress it left out 34 incident reports involving lab mistakes from information it provided to a congressional investigation in 2014, according to USA Today.

WellCare Health Plans expands Medicaid benefits to members in Georgia

Health insurance company WellCare Health Plans enhanced its Medicaid benefits this week for members who live in Georgia as a way to encourage them to maintain healthier lives.

Medical examiners, coroners struggling to keep pace with overdose deaths

The rise in the number of deaths due to drug overdose is forcing medical examiners and coroners to delay autopsies and toxicology reports—and most notably, find some creative ways to store bodies when they’ve run out of space.

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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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