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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Shorter stays help hospitals’ bottom lines

Since 1980, the average hospital stay in the U.S. has decreased from 7.3 days to 4.5 days, the New York Times reports. Austin Frakt, a health economist, notes discharging patients sooner helps hospitals from a financial perspective.

Aetna announces departure from health insurance trade group AHIP

Aetna has announced that it is ending its membership in America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) this year. AHIP is the health insurance industry’s largest trade group, made up of over 1,200 different companies. 

Epic, Mayo Clinic enter into $46M agreement for data center

After announcing its plans to switch to Epic EHR and revenue cycle systems, Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic now plans to sell the IT vendor its 62,000-square-foot data center.

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Bringing 'Moneyball' to healthcare

A big sign of just how much impact data analytics is having on healthcare is the announcement that one of the Major League Baseball executives from the "Moneyball"-era has joined the faculty of the Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI). 

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Pediatric hospitals hit hard by ACA payment reductions

Anticipating a plunge in the number of uninsured patients, the framers of the Affordable Care Act reduced disproportionate-share (DSH) payments to hospitals serving outsized indigent and Medicaid populations. A recent crunch of the numbers shows the cuts are placing particular pains on children’s hospitals. 

Resident, fellow enrollment increases 14% in a decade

Enrollment in resident and fellow programs increased by 14 percent between 2004 and 2014, according to the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), which released a report of biennial data on the physician workforce from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

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Take these steps in 2016 to attain leadership greatness for a lifetime

If you want to lead people, make sure you’re thinking big on their behalf—and taking them toward an objective that’s both reachable and worth their while.

What 'big ideas' will 2016 bring?

With 2016 just days away, various experts at the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) were asked about the immediate future of scientific research. What diseases will we be closer to curing next year? How will science impact treatment?

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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.

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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. 

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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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