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.

Infographic: Medical malpractice by the numbers

It's an unfortunate and unescapable fact: medical malpractice happens. And when it does, it affects not only the patients and doctors involved, but also the healthcare community as a whole. Get an inside look at medical malpractice in this exclusive infographic.

CMS publishes final rule on overpayments for Medicare Parts A and B

CMS has published a final rule that requires healthcare providers and suppliers receiving funds from Medicare Part A and Part B to report and return overpayments within 60 days of first identifying them. 

Burwell has faith remaining states will embrace Medicaid expansion

HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell spoke to reporters last week about the Affordable Care Act’s 2016 open enrollment figures and the future of healthcare in the U.S. 

McKesson and HealthQX Announce Alliance to Accelerate Value-Based Payment

Plan brings together solutions that uniquely enable payers and providers to automate and scale complex bundled payment models.

Patient Safety Awareness Week to take place in March

The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) has announced its United for Patient Safety campaign, designed to “spark dialogue and promote action” to improve the safety of both patients and healthcare providers. The campaign will be centered around Patient Safety Awareness Week, which is scheduled to take place on March 13-19, 2016.

New FDA draft guidance updates 510(k) recommendations for display devices

The FDA released a new draft guidance today that details information medical device makers should include when submitting 510(k)s for display devices to be used in diagnostic radiology.

HIMSS reports on 2016’s ‘growth technologies’

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics has published a report on some of the technologies shaping hospitals’ purchase plans in 2016.

McKesson to Open Call Center in Port St. Lucie

New patient services facility will support rapidly growing business line.

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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.

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. 

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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