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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Ebola price tag: $8.5K-$50K per day

The cost of treating Ebola is enormously high, and can range anywhere from $8,500 to $50,000 per day, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Wellpoint officially changes name to Anthem

Wellpoint has formally changed its name to Anthem, reports Modern Healthcare. 

Hearings scheduled to consider single-payer healthcare in N.Y.

Six public hearings are scheduled to explore state legislation that would establish single-payer health insurance throughout New York, reports Ithaca Journal. 

U.S. healthcare spending growth slowest since 1960

U.S. healthcare spending rose 3.6 percent in 2013, which is the slowest rate on record since 1960, reports The Hill. 

NorthStar Realty acquires Griffin-American for $4B

 American Healthcare Investors and Griffin Capital Corp. announced the completion of a $4 billion merger between Griffin-American and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., according to GlobeNewswire.  

Frost & Sullivan Recognises ClearDATA with the 2014 North American Healthcare Cloud Leadership Award

LONDON, Dec. 1, 2014-- Based on its recent analysis of the healthcare cloud market, Frost & Sullivan has recognised ClearDATA with the 2014 North American Healthcare Cloud Leadership Award.

Foundation Medicine and Flatiron Health Collaborate to Develop First-in-Class Data Platform to Accelerate Precision Medicine for Cancer

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & NEW YORK--Foundation Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ:FMI) and Flatiron Health today announced a strategic collaboration to develop a unique, proprietary cloud-based information platform combining genomic and clinical treatment and outcomes data to significantly advance the field of precision medicine for cancer.

HealthCare.gov’s small business insurance marketplace goes live

A year after postponing the launch of the small business part of HealthCare.gov, it has gone live with reports of only modest technical flaws, reports Washington Post.

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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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