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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Medicare's policy not to pay for HACs appears to be working

Medicare's policy not to pay for the treatment of hospital-acquired infections appears to be making an impact, according to Medscape.   

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With latest deals, only one independent hospital left in Metro Detroit

The metropolitan area of Detroit soon will only have one independent hospital left, as Crittenton Hospital Medical Center has announced its intent to join Ascension Health Michigan and Mercy Memorial Hospital System has disclosed plans to join Promedica, a healthcare company serving northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, reports The Detroit News.  

Apervita Nets $18 Million in Series A Funding to Democratize Health Analytics

CHICAGO--Apervita, Inc. (www.apervita.com), formerly known as Pervasive Health, Inc., the first health analytics marketplace, today announced it has completed an $18 million Series A round of funding.

Bina Technologies is acquired by Roche

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 19, 2014-- Bina Technologies, Inc. (Bina, Redwood City, CA, USA) announced today that they have been acquired by Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY).

The brightest young leaders in healthcare

Forbes has unveiled its annual list of the best-and-brighest in healthcare and science.

Harvard feels consequences of own ideas on healthcare reform

Harvard faculty are in an uproar over rising healthcare costs, even as the school's very own economists and health policy advisors had championed heathcare reform efforts, reports The New York Times. 

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Public quality reporting could lower hospital costs

More public reporting on quality could help bring down hospital costs, according to a new Health Affairs study, reports Modern Healthcare.

Accenture wins $563M federal contract

Accenture Federal Services has won a five-year, $563 million contract to continue its work on Healthcare.gov, reports Clinical Innovation + Technology.

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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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