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.

Dominant N.M. lab seeks active role in population health

The largest clinical laboratory in New Mexico is looking to play a larger role in population health management by introducing physician and patient portals to provide community-based longitudinal records that tie together lab data from across health systems.

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ICD-10 mapping portal helps mitigate coding ambiguities

A web portal to map ICD-10 codes back to ICD-9 helps ease the transition to the new coding system by simplifying searches of databases containing both types of codes, creators of the site are reporting in a newly published JAMIA article.

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Readmission rates following surgeries in U.S. hospitals

Nearly 6 percent of people who underwent surgery were readmitted within 30 days, according to an analysis of U.S. hospitals.

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Bill seeks to repeal taxes on health insurers

Members of the House of Representatives have introduced a bill that would repeal a tax on health insurance companies, The Hill reports.

Healthcare spending is on the rise

As the economy recovers, healthcare spending is starting to increase at a higher rate, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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President Obama: Affordable Care Act is working better than anticipated

More than 11 million people have purchased coverage on the health insurance exchanges for 2015, according to preliminary figures released in a video the White House posted on Facebook on Tuesday.

Lessons learned from successful people

People looking for inspiration or mentoring advice can follow tips from successful leaders, The Muse reports.

Supreme Court case could lead to a large decrease in hospital revenue

If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the plaintiff in the upcoming King v. Burwell case, hospital spending would decrease by at least an estimated $6.3 billion, according to an Urban Institute report.

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.