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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Senators introduce bipartisan bills to expedite FDA approval for medical devices

Republican senator Cory Gardner (Colorado) and Democrat senator Joe Donnelly (Indiana) introduced two bills on Oct. 21 to accelerate the FDA approval process for medical devices.

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SmartShopper program offers incentives to choose less expensive care

Through the Vitals SmartShopper program, employees receive cash incentives for choosing less expensive options for imaging, blood work and other areas in healthcare, the Associated Press reports. Vitals, a healthcare data firm, offers the SmartShopper program to employers and insurers in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Indiana and Kentucky.

Townsend elected ACS President-Elect

Courtney M. Townsend, Jr., MD, FACS, the Robertson-Poth Distinguished Chair in General Surgery, department of surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, was elected President-Elect of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

It's a rocky road to data analytics implementation

Early analytics adopters are reaping the rewards but other providers are struggling with implementation, according to a study conducted by HIMSS Analytics and data analytics firm Qlik. 

Critical access hospital closures on the rise

Critical access hospitals aren’t faring well in the current healthcare environment with a rising rate of closures. 

Innovation Lab Introduces Boston Scientific, Dell, and Deloitte as Partners in Health Care Innovation at Open House

The Innovation Institute hosted an open house for its Innovation Lab in Newport Beach, Calif. on October 1, 2015. Key partners, including Boston Scientific, Dell, and Deloitte were welcomed and honored as collaborators in health care innovation.

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Workers paying dearly for doctor wait times, other ambulatory ‘opportunity costs’

Time is money, and patients seeking ambulatory care waste too much of both. In fact, they spend more on “opportunity costs”—an average of $43 per visit—than on out-of-pocket payments for the ambulatory visit itself.

AHRQ offers facts and figures to support its ongoing work

With a big question mark hanging over its future, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality launched its 2015 Research Conference on Oct. 5.

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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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