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.

Livanta Selects InterQual to Support its Medicare Utilization and Quality Care Reviews

The BFCC-QIO will use InterQual evidence-based criteria for two-midnight short-stay reviews.

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Examining the benefits of large-scale insurance mergers

Mergers of large health insurance companies have been in the news in recent months, but an editorial from Health Affairs suggests it remains to be seen if such deals are truly beneficial. 

Wellsoft wins 2015/2016 Best in KLAS for Emergency Department Information Systems

Somerset, NJ – January 28, 2016 – Wellsoft Corporation has been recognized once again as the #1 Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) software vendor, with a score of 88.6, in the recently released report: 2015/2016 Best in KLAS Awards: Software and Services.

KLAS congratulates the 2015/2016 Best in KLAS winners

Epic and Impact Advisors receive Overall Best in KLAS awards.

Health Language Solutions to Drive Semantic Normalization for California Integrated Data Interchange

The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today a partnership with HealthCore to provide data normalization services to the California Integrated Data Exchange (Cal INDEX™). Deployment of the Health Language® Enterprise Terminology Management Platform will ensure the integrity and semantic interoperability of data flowing through the statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE).

Executive physicals remain common for CEOs

Although CEOs have had fewer perks in recent years, the Washington Post reports that executive physicals are still common. With an executive physical, CEOs see several doctors and have numerous tests performed at one time.

Broward Health CEO dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound

Nabil El Sanadi, MD, the CEO and President of Broward Health in Florida, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Jan. 23, the Sun Sentinel reports. Broward Health is one of the 10 largest public health systems in the U.S., has more than 8,000 employees and 1,800 physicians and serves hundreds of thousands of patients each year.

PARTNERS+simons Launches New Trust Measurement Model For Healthcare Industry Marketers

Health Insurance Plans and Hospitals Can Fine-Tune Marketing to Increase Consumer Trust.

Around the web

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.