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.

Brigham and Women's Healthcare appoints new CIO

Brigham and Women's Health Care in Boston has named Adam Landman, MD, as its new chief information officer.

U of Chicago Medicine’s expansion criticized by state regulators

A $269 million expansion to add a new cancer and trauma center at the University of Chicago Medical Center may be too costly and could outpace local need for more beds

MassHealth hopes to transition to ACO to control costs

A proposed overhaul of Massachusetts’ Medicaid program, MassHealth, would transition the program from fee-for-service to an accountable care organization (ACO) model by 2017 in an effort to keep costs down.

Two Illinois hospitals battle over disclosing insurer agreements

Advocate Health Care is suing Palos Community Hospital over a request for access to Advocate’s rate agreements with insurers, though Advocate had asked for and received the same information from the Palos hospital.

LifePoint Health hospital loses balance billing case in Virginia

A Virginia judge has ordered Martinsville Memorial Hospital, owned by LifePoint Health, to cut its balance billing rates by 75 percent in a case involving a patient covered by a non-contracted insurer.

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CMS issues final rule on Medicaid managed-care plans

New standards include an 85 percent medical-loss ratio (MLR) requirement, along with changes to behavioral health coverage.

UnitedHealthcare withdrawals from Louisiana and Iowa insurance marketplaces

With the announcement of UnitedHealthcare’s exit from the insurance marketplace of many states, some people will need to add “find a new doctor” to their to-do list.

Stanford Hospital nurses preparing to call strike

Three days of federal mediation failed to produce a deal with hospital administrators.

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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.