Healthcare Associations

This page includes news coverage of primary healthcare business and policy setting associations. Find news specific to each organization by following these links: American Hospital Association (AHA), American Medical Association (AMA), College of American Pathologists (CAP), Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), and the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). Find focused news coverage for Cardiology societies or Radiology associations.

AMA says Change Healthcare breach is crippling independent practices
A survey of physicians by the American Medical Association reveals that many practices are still losing revenue and struggling to make payroll as a result of the Change Healthcare hack.
‘Concerning’ data connect industry payments to cardiologists with medical device use
U.S. physicians often receive payments from medical device manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies. New research in JAMA found a connection between receiving such payments and using specific devices—should the industry be concerned?
AMGA condemns FTC ban on noncompetes in healthcare
The healthcare employers’ trade group said a nationwide ban on noncompete contracts will stifle investment in new technologies.
Critics call out ‘woefully inadequate’ CMS proposal for inpatient Medicare payments
CMS has issued its proposed rule for the 2025 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system, suggesting a payment increase of 2.6%. According to the American Hospital Association, this update would not be enough at a time when hospitals are already struggling to stay open.
Falls, infections much more likely among Medicare patients treated at private equity-owned hospitals
Private equity is becoming more and more influential in many healthcare specialties, including cardiology. This has prompted increased speculation about the impact such investments may have on patient outcomes.

HIMSS18: 3 trends to improve interoperability

Thousands of professionals are touching down in Las Vegas for the 2018 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference. To help prep visitors, Brian Mack, manager of marketing and communications for Great Lakes Health Connect, discusses three trends in interoperability on the HIMSS website.

March 6, 2018

Timicoin To Report at HIMSS Conference March 5-9 How Its Blockchain Technology Is Like a Brigade of Green Beret Protecting Medical Records From Ransomware Attacks

The Co-Founder and Managing Director of Timicoin (www.Timicoin.io), to report how his blockchain technology can be ransomware's worst enemy if it ever attempts to attack medical records.

March 1, 2018

MGMA: Medical groups opposed to mandatory APMs

A large majority of medical group professionals responding to a poll from the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) was opposed to mandatory participation in alternative payment models in Medicare, a policy CMS has been moving away from under President Donald Trump.

March 1, 2018

Geisinger names Kevin Roberts new CFO

Danville, Pennsylvania’s Geisinger Health System has selected Kevin Roberts, MBA, currently the chief financial officer at St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare, to take over as its new CFO later this year.

February 28, 2018

The hot topics of HIMSS18: AI, Amazon and analytics

Tens of thousands of healthcare professionals will be heading to the 2018 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Las Vegas in a few days. Last year’s conference was dominated by talk about the promise of artificial intelligence and what Congress was going to do with the Affordable Care Act—so what will health IT leaders be talking about this time around?

February 27, 2018

Burwell announces accelerated payment reform

Groups shrug off HHS scrapping Obama-era goal on value-based care

In 2015, then-HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced an ambitious goal for half of all Medicare payments to be tied to value-based care models by the end of 2018—but that’s not a priority for the agency under President Donald Trump, a CMS spokesperson told the Washington Post.

February 23, 2018

HIMSS18: 5 questions with CHIME-HIMSS CIO of the Year Randy McCleese

Randy McCleese, MSIS, MBA, the chief information officer at Methodist Hospital in Henderson, Kentucky, was selected as the 2017 CIO of the Year by College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), with the groups specifically citing his IT advocacy on behalf of smaller, rural providers.

February 22, 2018

Healthcare groups welcome Alex Azar as new HHS Secretary

HHS again has a permanent leader as former Eli Lilly executive Alex Azar was sworn in as the department’s secretary on Jan. 29—four months to the day after his predecessor, Tom Price, MD, resigned over his use of publicly-funded charter flights.

January 29, 2018

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AI in Healthcare

About that bipartisan $32B ‘roadmap’ for AI policy: What’s in it for healthcare?

This week Washington took a major step toward nailing down a solid game plan on federal AI spending for everything outside of defense.

Cardiovascular Business

FDA announces new recall of delivery catheters after patient’s death

The recall includes specific lots of five different medical devices used to treat stroke and other neurovascular diseases.

Cardiovascular Business

FDA warns against use of troubled heart devices, citing ‘continued concerns’ after multiple recalls

The agency is urging healthcare providers to transition away from these devices and seek out alternatives. It is even working with other manufacturers to try and get similar products on the market as quickly as possible.

Healthcare Associations

AMA says Change Healthcare breach is crippling independent practices

‘Concerning’ data connect industry payments to cardiologists with medical device use

AMGA condemns FTC ban on noncompetes in healthcare

Critics call out ‘woefully inadequate’ CMS proposal for inpatient Medicare payments

Falls, infections much more likely among Medicare patients treated at private equity-owned hospitals

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