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.

Oracle Validated Integration Partners Offer Healthcare Organizations Fast Time to Value

Redwood Shores, Calif. – February 25, 2015 - Healthcare organizations are increasingly focused on streamlining data to meet a multitude of challenges, from regulatory compliance and reimbursement management to delivering quality care to their patients across the care continuum.

Rehabilitation hospitals seek to avoid payment cuts

A trade group representing rehabilitation hospitals is hoping to avoid upcoming payment cuts, The Hill reports.

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Most healthcare executives perform data analytics

Nearly three-quarters of healthcare executives perform data analytics, Health Data Management reports.

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Health insurers expect drop in Medicare revenue next year

Humana and Aetna expect their Medicare Advantage funding to decrease in 2016, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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HHS provides nearly $200 million to hospitals, states to deal with Ebola virus

Hospitals and states will receive nearly $200 million in funds from the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare for and respond to the Ebola epidemic.

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Companies barred from offering plans without hospital coverage

The Department of Health and Human Services revealed that health plans without hospital benefits do not qualify as satisfying the minimum value requirement, Kaiser Health News reports.

Press Ganey to Partner with Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, February 17, 2015 – Press Ganey announced today it has signed a multi-year agreement with Boston Children’s Hospital, a leading pediatric hospital, to capture and assess patient and family experience data through the newly created Child Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (Child HCAHPS) hospital survey.

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CMS proposes decreasing payments to Medicare Advantage plans

CMS is proposing to decrease payments per beneficiary to Medicare Advantage organizations in 2016 by an average of 0.95 percent.

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.