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.

Analysis challenges argument in favor of repealing the medical device tax

An analysis from the Congressional Research Service challenges a common talking point among legislators that the medical device tax destroys jobs and encourages manufacturers to operate oversees, according to The New York Times. 

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IOM issues 4 recommendations for clinical data sharing

The Institute of Medicine has released four recommendations urging significant changes in how clinical trial data are shared, reports Modern Healthcare.  

Paying the price for access

Access to medical records still is proving costly for patients, reports Clinical Innovation + Technology.

Protesting the ACA

Some U.S. consumers are turning down tax credits offered through the Affordable Care Act out of principle, opting to spend more on health insurance, reports U.S. News & World Report.

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New rules change how nonprofit hospitals can collect payments

The Obama administration has approved new rules to dissuade nonprofit hospitals from aggressively collecting payments from low-income patients, reports The New York Times.  

2015 may be year of health insurance mergers

Healthcare observers are predicting a wave of merger and acquisition activity in the payer space in 2015, reports Modern Healthcare.

Legislators look to repeal medical device tax

Momentum is growing in Congress to repeal taxes on medical device sales, reports The Hill.

Emory’s Fox to join major Michigan health system

Emory Healthcare’s president and chief executive, John T. Fox, soon will take the reins of Detroit’s Beaumont Health System, reports AJC.com.

Around the web

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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