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.

Michigan’s Beaumont Health System finds new partners

After a deal to merge with the Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System fell through last year, Beaumont Health System wasted no time reaching out to other potential partners and has now gone public with plans to affiliate with Oakwood Healthcare and Botsford Health Care.

Market failures of healthcare reform, health IT

Health IT’s role in market failures, and continued barriers caused by lack of interoperability, the “big is better phenomenon” and data lock all were discussed during a lively panel session at the Federal Trade Commission’s workshop, “Examining Health Care Competition,” on March 20.

FTC panel explores role of quality measures in a competitive marketplace

Quality information is essential for a competitive marketplace and for consumers to make informed decisions on care. A panel delved into the current state of quality measures and their role in the healthcare market during the Federal Trade Commission’s public workshop, “Examining Health Care Competition” on March 21.

ONC kicks off quality framework initiative

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has launched a new initiative focused on "harmonizing the standards for clinical decision support and electronic clinical quality measurement," according to Doug Fridsma, MD, PhD, director of ONC’s Office of Science and Technology.

ONC hopes newly certified open source tool will "flourish"

Open source software has been certified as a 2014 edition EHR module, according to a post on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s blog.

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McDermott pushes HHS to fix RAC appeals backlog now

The backlog of appeals pending with the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals has grown so large that it is beginning to affect Medicare beneficiaries directly, and that has gotten the attention of Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), a ranking member of the powerful Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health.

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Leapfrog and Castlight to create better hospital ratings system for patients

In a move that may, depending on your perspective, either improve current hospital rating systems or create greater confusion, the Leapfrog Group, the leading non-profit hospital quality surveyor, and Castlight Health, a leading provider of cloud-based software for healthcare data, are partnering on a “consumer-friendly” analysis of nationwide hospital performance.

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NQF proposes risk adjustment for hospitals treating more poor patients

In a set of eight draft recommendations, the National Quality Foundation (NQF) addresses the concern that reimbursement models tied to outcome measures may unfairly penalize health systems serving greater numbers of poor patients.

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.