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.

Bradley named CEO of Promise Healthcare

Promise Healthcare of Wichita Falls has announced Louis Bradley Jr. as the CEO to the company's Dallas market, reports Time Record News.

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State news: Calif. opposes Anthem-Cigna merger, Ore. doctors’ union announces labor deal

Here’s a roundup of the latest healthcare news from California, Oregon, Illinois, Ohio and New York

Supreme Court sends mixed message on False Claims Act liability

A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision seemed to open the door to more False Claims Act lawsuits against healthcare organizations while simultaneously applying some limitations which would favor providers.

Should doctors on probation have to disclose their status to patients?

Patients aren’t likely to be told anything to about their physicians’ criminal history, even in cases where they’ve settled criminal charges related to their work, like sexual abuse of patients and performing operations while drunk.

Report: Value-based payments to eclipse fee-for-service by 2020

In a new study commissioned by McKesson Health Solutions, 58 percent of insurers and half of hospitals surveyed say they’re moving toward complete adoption of value-based care payments.

Will healthcare mergers lead to debt concerns?

With the announcement of a possible merger between AmSurg and Envison Healthcare Holdings the promise of “lower rates” was once again stated, but will they actually drop? And if so how long will they stay down?

Republicans dismissive of AMA’s gun violence health research resolution

The American Medical Association’s support of removing a 20-year-old restriction on federally funded research on the public health effects of gun violence doesn’t appear to be changing the minds of Republicans in Congress.

AMA wraps up meeting with resolutions on opioids, gun control

The final hours of the American Medical Association’s annual meeting in Chicago were busy, as its delegates adopted new policies on a variety of topics, including several aimed at slowing down the rise in opioid addiction.

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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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