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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Boston Children's struggles to find space for both nature and NICU patients

Boston Children’s Hospital needs more space, many on its staff told the New York Times.

Drug companies unhappy with Supreme Court decision on patent law challenges

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld changes to patent law made by Congress in 2011 that can make it easier for generic drug manufacturers to invalidate patents.

Study: Post-ACA healthcare spending could fall $2.6 trillion below projections

The U.S. is on pace to spend about $2.6 trillion less on healthcare between 2014 and 2019 than what was originally forecast by CMS in 2010 after the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, according to a new study by the Urban Institute and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).

142 in Congress want end to FDA ban on gay men donating blood

24 senators and 118 representatives—six of them Republicans—signed letters addressed to the Food and Drug Administration asking for decades-old restrictions on gay men donating blood to be lifted.

What will drive medical costs in 2017

Retail clinics, behavioral health and the increasing popularity of narrow health networks will add up to a 6.5 percent growth in medical costs in 2017, the same as in 2016, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) Health Research Institute.

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Telemedicine kiosks have arrived at a location near you

As technology evolves and telemedicine is able to expand, more and more people are able to use these new innovations in ways that haven’t been seen before. Imagine a day at work when you’re feeling a bit sick and all you have to do is go into the lobby to consult with your doctor, well now you can as more and more offices are implementing telemedicine kiosks, reports Kaiser Health News. 

NIH refuses to reduce price of $129,000 prostate cancer drug

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) denied a petition to use its “march-in rights” to help lower the cost of Xtandi, a drug to treated advanced prostate cancer.

Free meals from drug companies affect physicians’ prescribing habits

Just a single free meal from a pharmaceutical company may sway physicians to prescribe a brand name drug over a generic version, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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Cardiovascular Business
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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