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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1000 Genomes Project data now publicly available

The U.S. National Institutes of Health and Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, have completed the 1000 Genomes Project, and it is now available on AWS as a publicly available dataset.

Health Affairs: With ICD-10 delayed, policymakers should look to ICD-11

Policymakers should begin planning now for ways to make the coming transition to ICD-11 as tolerable as possible for the healthcare and payment community, according to an article in the March edition of Health Affairs.

ACC: Cost-benefit of remote monitoring depends on players

CHICAGOCalculating the cost-benefit ratio of remote monitoring patients who have implantable cardioverter-defibrillators depends on many variables, and the answer hinges on who pays and who benefits, said Mark H. Schoenfeld, MD, of Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., in a March 24 presentation at the 61st annual American College of Cardiology (ACC) scientific session.

N.Y. groups kickstart ACO initiative

WestMed Medical Group is collaborating with UnitedHealthcare and Optum businesses to launch an accountable care organization (ACO) for its more than 220 physicians in Westchester County, N.Y.

ONC releases CONNECT 3.3

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has released CONNECT version 3.3., an open source health information exchange tool.

Stolen laptop affects 513 Georgia patients

Georgia Health Sciences University has notified 513 patients about the theft of a laptop computer that may have contained some of their personal information.

Study: Discretionary patient ratings for healthcare orgs could be useful

Results from a study published March 12 online in the Archives of Internal Medicine demonstrated a relationship between patients website ratings of hospitals and some objective measures of clinical quality, including mortality and infection rates.

House Committee repeals Independent Payment Advisory Board

The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), has approved the Medicare Decisions Accountability Act (HR 452), which repeals the controversial Independent Payment Advisory Board, passed by voice vote without any recorded opposition.

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Cardiovascular Business
FDA says years-long tirzepatide shortage is resolved, will give limited leeway to compounders

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.

AI in Healthcare
From Capitol Hill to a hospital near you? 5 federal recommendations for healthcare AI policy

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. 

Cardiovascular Business
Merck spends up to $2B to license new weight loss drug with potential heart benefits

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.