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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Connecticut hospital executives express concern with the state’s hospital tax

Although 10 of 17 hospital systems in Connecticut had positive operating margins in 2015, hospital executives are still concerned with the state’s controversial hospital tax, The (Danbury, Conn.) News-Times reports. The newspaper said hospitals are expected to pay $556 million in taxes this year and receive $164 million in state aid and federal matching funds.

UPMC funding first projects from Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance

UPMC Enterprises will fund the first six projects created under the umbrella of the Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance.

Christie calls for two-year ban on lawsuits by towns over hospital property taxes

New Jersey Governor and recent presidential candidate Chris Christie has called for legislation that would put a two-year ban on lawsuits by towns challenging a hospital’s tax-free status.

Sorry, CEOs: Americans think you are overpaid

According to a recent Stanford survey of more than 1,200 people from throughout the United States, public perception is that CEOs are “vastly overpaid” and their salaries should be drastically reduced. 

7 words heard ’round the football world

“The answer to that is certainly, yes.” With those seven words, the National Football League’s senior VP for health and safety may have just changed the gridiron game for good, and in who knows how many ways. 

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Organizations urge 90-day MU reporting period for 2016

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and 32 other organizations are asking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to shorten the Meaningful Use reporting period for 2016 from 365 to 90 days.

Cancer overtakes heart disease as leading cause of death in 22 U.S. states

Due to a sharp decrease in deaths resulting from cardiovascular disease, cancer has narrowed the gap and is challenging for the title of the nation’s number-one cause of mortality, according to research published online by the American Heart Association.

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Cost controls: Healthcare industry on a dangerous collision course

Two long-standing approaches to keeping healthcare costs down are on a “collision course” that could leave them both ineffective, according to a recent opinion piece in the New England Journal of Medicine. Do we have time to course correct or are we left to simply buckle our seatbelts and brace for impact?  

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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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