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.

Disruptions to small practices’ operations remain ‘severe and ongoing’ months after Change cyberattack
Owner UnitedHealth had claimed services would be largely restored by late March, but doc groups such as the MGMA claim things are still a mess.
Nonphysicians saw a nearly 206% pay bump amid radiologist Medicare reimbursement decline
Congressional budget requirements mean that any pay bump to one fee-for-service provider type necessitates balancing cuts to others.
What do patients want from primary care providers?
The field faces a shortfall of more than 40,000 practitioners by 2036. How is this picture playing out for the patients of PCPs right now?
Radiologist and 'Doctor Money Matters' podcast host Tarang Patel on why he is hopeful about the specialty's future
The noted radiologist discussed what's ahead for the specialty during the closing keynote at RBMA's annual meeting in Las Vegas.
Cardiologists, thoracic surgeons applaud FTC’s ban of most noncompete clauses
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions and Society of Thoracic Surgeons have both shared statements in support of the ban, which is already being challenged in court. The American Hospital Association, meanwhile, opposes the policy shift, saying it “errs by seeking to create a one-size-fits-all rule”

Nurses return to hospitals after pandemic exodus

Hospitals are seeing a return of the nursing workforce after many left their jobs during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 1, 2023

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Q&A: Why the future of physician payments is looking brighter

Health Exec caught up with Claire Ernst from MGMA to learn more about the possibility of physician payments being tied to inflation in the future.

May 1, 2023

Medicare money payment physician. The CardioVascular Coalition and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions have both issued new statements highlighting their issues with the 2024 MPFS proposed rule.

Radiologist among the 6 highest-paying jobs in America

The specialty’s $329,080 average salary placed it behind four other medical specialties, along with “athletes and sports competitors," according to the Department of Labor.

May 1, 2023

Cardiologist is officially the highest-paying job in the US

Almost all of the country's top 25 highest-paying jobs are physicians, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

April 28, 2023

Healthcare M&A, mergers and acquisitions business deal.

Abbott completes $850M acquisition of Minnesota-based Cardiovascular Systems

The deal represents a significant addition to Abbott’s cardiovascular portfolio.

April 28, 2023

American College of Radiology issues heads-up on possible payment denials at certain facility types

ACR is urging providers who encounter such denials to contact their local Medicare Administrative Contractor and consults related CMS documents.

April 28, 2023

Prenuvo's newest location in New York City.

Cindy Crawford-backed startup offering whole-body MRIs for $2,499 marks ‘significant milestone’

Prenuvo just opened its first imaging center in New York City and is aiming to double its number of locations by the end of 2023.

April 28, 2023

Private equity-backed US Heart and Vascular expands into Kansas with new partnership

This represents the second significant deal US Heart and Vascular has announced in the last month. The first was a partnership with an established Dallas-based cardiology practice.

April 27, 2023

Economics

Disruptions to small practices’ operations remain ‘severe and ongoing’ months after Change cyberattack

Nonphysicians saw a nearly 206% pay bump amid radiologist Medicare reimbursement decline

What do patients want from primary care providers?

Radiologist and 'Doctor Money Matters' podcast host Tarang Patel on why he is hopeful about the specialty's future

Cardiologists, thoracic surgeons applaud FTC’s ban of most noncompete clauses