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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From the optimism file: 71% of healthcare execs expect revenues to increase this year

Healthcare executives maintain a positive outlook for 2016, with 71 percent expecting their revenues to increase this year and 55 percent expecting to seek financing in the next 12 months, according to a survey released by financial firm CIT Group.

Healthcare costs top survey on economic burdens facing U.S.

Healthcare costs were listed as most significant financial burden by 31 percent of GOBankingRate.com survey respondents. 

To control costs, it may be up to patients to 'pay the piper'

After many seemingly “routine” doctor’s appointments, many Americans receive their bill and try to make sense of the many ins-and-outs of deductibles, co-pays, reimbursement rules, and paperwork. They face a whirlwind of complexities that have nothing to do with buying healthcare.

Arkansas governor uses veto to save Medicaid program

Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas vetoed part of a Medicaid budget bill that that would have ended the subsidized insurance for more than 250,000 people, saving the first-in-the-nation hybrid Medicaid expansion.

Oklahoma legislation would strip licenses of doctors who perform abortions

State legislators have passed a bill which would define performing an abortion as “unprofessional conduct” by a physician.

CMS seeks comments on measure for antipsychotic drug use

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking comments on a proposed hospital quality measure for antipsychotic use in older patients in the inpatient setting. 

Fitch Ratings: Positive admissions growth for U.S. hospitals in 2015 unlikely to be repeated

Inpatient admissions increased slightly at some of the largest for-profit hospitals in 2015.

NIH Clinical Center needs reforms to emphasize patient safety over research, panel says

Safety standards and oversight need to be overhauled, according to an agency-appointed task force.

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Cardiovascular Business
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.

AI in Healthcare
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.