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.

Calif. doctor opens practice dedicated to legal assisted suicide

As California’s law legalizing physicians aiding in ending the life of the terminally ill goes into effect, Lonny Shavelson, MD, is opening a practice in Berkeley, California, specifically dedicated to serving patients who want to die.

Healthcare adds 46,000 jobs in May, up nearly a half a million for 2016

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor's May jobs report, the healthcare industry added 45,700 jobs in May, bringing the total number of jobs created in 2016 up to 487,000.

State news: N.Y. may change malpractice limits, Calif. considers coverage for undocumented

Here’s a roundup of healthcare news from New York, California, North Carolina, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Texas.

OIG triples healthcare fraud, abuse recoveries in the last three years

The Office of Inspector General's Semiannual Report to Congress has found that the total amount of expected recoveries reported between October 1, 2015 and March 31, 2016, is $2.77 billion, including $555 million in recoveries found through audits and $2.2 billion through investigations.

How ‘decision fatigue’ may lead physicians to prescribe more antibiotics

Physicians tend to write more prescriptions for antibiotics later in the day, according to a review of prescription data by athenahealth, which may be due to a concept called “decision fatigue.”

Saratoga doctors face healthcare fraud, money laundering charges

A pair of doctors in California have been charged with committing healthcare fraud and money laundering, reports the Mercury News.

Study: Off-exchange insurers spending less on care, more on overhead

Insurers that only offer coverage on the individual market outside of the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces spent less on medical care and more on administrative costs, according to a new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund.

FDA promises new compassionate use form will save physicians time

Physicians will have to fill out a new form to request access to investigational drugs for patients with terminal illnesses, which the Food and Drug Administration said will take 45 minutes to complete.

Around the web

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.