Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

Steep drops in wealth tied to 50% increase in death risk

According to a new study in JAMA, people who lost at least 75 percent of their net worth in a two-year period showed a 50 percent increased risk of dying over two decades compared to those who maintained positive wealth.

April 4, 2018

Money-back guarantees fail to boost cost-effectiveness of PCSK9 inhibitors

Outcomes-based pricing agreements would do little to help the poor cost-effectiveness of PCSK9 inhibitors. The event rates in preventive medicine are simply too low and medication costs too high for such a compromise to make a difference, a group from University of California, San Francisco reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

April 4, 2018

Radiology Partners announces deal with Tampa-based Radiology Associates of Florida

El Segundo, California-based Radiology Partners has announced a new partnership with Radiology Associates of Florida (RAF), a Tampa-based private practice first established in 1970.

April 3, 2018
Education

Penn State College of Medicine creates new department of radiation oncology

Penn State College of Medicine announced, April 2, the creation of a new department of radiation oncology, naming Rickhesvar Mahraj, professor of radiology and pediatrics, as its interim chair.

April 3, 2018
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Penn State College of Medicine announces creation of department of radiation oncology

The Penn State College of Medicine announced Monday, April 2, that it has created a new department of radiation oncology. Rickhesvar Mahraj, MD, a professor of radiology and pediatrics, is the department’s interim chair.

April 2, 2018
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Access, affordability improved for cancer survivors during ACA implementation

A team of scientists found the percentages of cancer survivors unable to afford medication or incapable of receiving care dropped each year from 2010 to 2016—during the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

April 2, 2018
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GE Healthcare selling software units for $1.05B

GE Healthcare has announced it will sell its revenue cycle, ambulatory care and workforce management software units to private equity firm Veritas Capital for $1.05 billion, following earlier plans for General Electric to sell assets and rumors the entire company could be broken up.

April 2, 2018
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GE Healthcare selling software units for $1.05B

GE Healthcare has announced it will sell its revenue cycle, ambulatory care and workforce management software units to private equity firm Veritas Capital for $1.05 billion, following earlier plans for General Electric to sell assets and rumors the entire company could be broken up.

April 2, 2018