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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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State roundup: 10 ACA co-ops left after Ohio shutdown, Okla. abortion delicensing bill still alive

Here are some highlights of healthcare news from Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Alaska and Kentucky.

NorthBay Healthcare joins Mayo Clinic Network

NorthBay Healthcare has become the first health care organization in Northern California to join the rapidly growing Mayo Clinic Care Network.

Data security framework released for Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative

The final version of the policy principles governing data security efforts within President Barack Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) has been released. 

CMS asks for proposals to reduce readmissions by 12% by 2019

CMS has released a request for proposals for hospital improvement plans with the goal of cutting 30-day hospital readmissions by 12 percent and reducing patient harm by 20 percent.

Medicare overbilling case against Prime Healthcare now involves DOJ

The U.S. Department of Justice has joined a five-year-old whistleblower lawsuit against Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services, alleging the hospital chain pressured physicians to unnecessarily admit patients.

Survey: ACOs will leave shared savings program unless eligible for MACRA bonus

Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are willing to leave the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) unless CMS changes course and allows them to be eligible for MARCA’s advanced alternative payment models (APMs) system.

Philips partners with Heart Hospital Tampere to collaborate on a Finnish center of excellence for cardiac care

Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Tampere, Finland – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Heart Hospital in Tampere, Finland, to jointly innovate in cardiac care and further reinforce Heart Hospital as a European center of excellence for heart treatment. The multi-year agreement has a value of approximately EUR 19 million, and is the first strategic partnership awarded to Philips in Finland and the third in the Nordic region. 

McKesson Declares Quarterly Dividend May 25, 2016

  SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK) today declared a regular dividend of twenty-eight cents per share on Common Stock. The dividend will be payable on July 1, 2016, to stockholders of record on June 6, 2016.  

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FDA says years-long tirzepatide shortage is resolved, will give limited leeway to compounders

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.

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From Capitol Hill to a hospital near you? 5 federal recommendations for healthcare AI policy

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. 

Cardiovascular Business
Merck spends up to $2B to license new weight loss drug with potential heart benefits

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.