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.

Minnesota nurses start week-long strike over healthcare, workplace safety

Almost 5,000 nurses in Minnesota went through with an agreement to strike June 19, walking out of four Twin-Cities area hospitals and one clinic associated with the Allina Health system. 

How artificial intelligence is bringing us smarter medicine

Fast Company looks at what healthcare done to implement articifial intelligence to bring us smarter medicine.

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?

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The tirzepatide shortage that first began in 2022 has been resolved. Drug companies distributing compounded versions of the popular drug now have two to three more months to distribute their remaining supply.

The 24 members of the House Task Force on AI—12 reps from each party—have posted a 253-page report detailing their bipartisan vision for encouraging innovation while minimizing risks. 

Merck sent Hansoh Pharma, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, an upfront payment of $112 million to license a new investigational GLP-1 receptor agonist. There could be many more payments to come if certain milestones are met.