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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NIH, Geisinger launch portal for genomic data

The National Institutes of Health's Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) has launched a patient portal called GenomeConnect.

The data are in: Corporate wellness programs work

Corporate wellness programs can return as high as $3 for every $1 invested, as they are linked to reduced healthcare costs, increased productivity, decreased absenteeism and higher job satisfaction, according to a Huffington Post blog.

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Health economist shares his struggles with selecting a health plan

Think figuring out a health plan is hard? In a New York Times editorial, health economist Austin Frakt admitted: “I cannot rationally select a health plan.”

Price transparency tools can lower costs

A small study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that price transparency tools can put a significant dent in medical costs, reports The Washington Post. 

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Will HealthCare.com, a private endeavor, mislead consumers?

 If consumers type HealthCare.com instead of HealthCare.gov into their browsers, they will end up not at a government site but the web address of an enterprising company, reports The Washington Post. 

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N.J., N.Y. implement new Ebola restrictions

New Jersey and New York have announced new restrictions that require physicians and other healthcare workers returning from treating Ebola in Africa to take a mandatory 21-day quarantine, reports NBC News. 

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ONC’s DeSalvo steps down

Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MsC has abruptly stepped down from her position as national coordinator for health IT to take on a new role within the Department of Health and Human Services focusing on the Ebola crisis, reports Clinical Innovation + Technology.

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HHS extends anti-kickback waivers for MSSP ACOs

The Department of Health & Human Services' Office of the Inspector General and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have extended waivers to the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law for certain accountable care organizations through Nov. 2, 2015, reports Becker's Hospital Review. 

Around the web

CMS finalized a significant policy change when it increased the Medicare payments hospitals receive for performing CCTA exams. What, exactly, does the update mean for cardiologists, billing specialists and other hospital employees?

Stryker, a global medtech company based out of Michigan, has kicked off 2025 with a bit of excitement. The company says Inari’s peripheral vascular portfolio is highly complementary to its own neurovascular portfolio.

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.