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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As hospital quality increases, racial inequality in care decreases

A major study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that as quality improved on 17 measures in hospital care, so did racial and ethnic equality, according to Medscape.

N.Y. governor: Insurers must pay for gender reassignment surgery

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo authored a letter mandating that insurance companies cover sex assignment surgery to patients, reports UPI.

Partners HealthCare posts $22M loss

Partners HealthCare lost money on operations for the first time since 1999 due to financial losses from its insurance arm, reports The Boston Globe.

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D.C. hospital close to finalizing $5.2M bankruptcy deal

Washington, D.C.-based Specialty Hospital is close to finalizing a $5.2 million bankruptcy deal that paves the way for a sale to its hedge fund suitor, Silver Point Capital, reports Washington Business Journal.

Meaningful Use Stage 2 attestations remain lackluster

Data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at the Health IT Policy Committee reveal only marginal gains in the numbers of eligible professionals and hospitals attesting to Meaningful Use Stage 2, reports Clinical Innovation + Technology.

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Hospital execs express concern over ‘clinical meaningfulness’ of quality reporting

While quality reporting helps stimulate improvement initiatives, hospital executives see little correlation with clinical outcomes, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Waiver pits Mass. health orgs against each other

Massachusetts health officials barred hospitals from opening new cardiac catheterization units within 30 minutes of similar services, but regulators exempted Steward Health Care from this ban over the summer. Now rival healthcare systems are crying foul, reports the Boston Globe.

Keys for success in population health

What are the keys to population health management? Patient engagement and acting on available data, according to Hospitals & Health Networks.

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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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