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.

‘Broad disconnect’ between patient desires, actual imaging experience, new data show
Researchers with Cincinnati Children's recently surveyed 400 caregivers about pricing transparency, offering some key takeaways for radiology leaders.
Low-value X-ray imaging for facial trauma still prevalent, despite CT’s superiority
Persistent utilization of these unnecessary scans represents more than just a lack of awareness about clinical guidelines, experts charge.
Cardiology, cardiac imaging groups support new bill delaying cuts to physician pay
Nearly 40 healthcare organizations signed a letter in support of the bipartisan legislation, noting that Medicare's “efficiency adjustment” decreases reimbursement during a challenging time for physicians.
Medtronic reports rising sales for cardiovascular devices—PFA tech leads the way
Medtronic's third quarter included a boom in PFA sales and a significant investment in Anteris Technologies. CEO Geoff Martha said the company hopes to make an even bigger impact in the structural heart space as time goes on.
Private equity activity ‘steady’ in 2025, with a dozen-plus deals in diagnostic imaging
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project estimates there were 1,029 such transactions across the entire healthcare sector last year.

‘Broad disconnect’ between patient desires, actual imaging experience, new data show

Researchers with Cincinnati Children's recently surveyed 400 caregivers about pricing transparency, offering some key takeaways for radiology leaders.

Low-value X-ray imaging for facial trauma still prevalent, despite CT’s superiority

Persistent utilization of these unnecessary scans represents more than just a lack of awareness about clinical guidelines, experts charge.

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Cardiology, cardiac imaging groups support new bill delaying cuts to physician pay

Nearly 40 healthcare organizations signed a letter in support of the bipartisan legislation, noting that Medicare's “efficiency adjustment” decreases reimbursement during a challenging time for physicians.

Medtronic reports rising sales for cardiovascular devices—PFA tech leads the way

Medtronic's third quarter included a boom in PFA sales and a significant investment in Anteris Technologies. CEO Geoff Martha said the company hopes to make an even bigger impact in the structural heart space as time goes on.

Private equity activity ‘steady’ in 2025, with a dozen-plus deals in diagnostic imaging

The Private Equity Stakeholder Project estimates there were 1,029 such transactions across the entire healthcare sector last year.

Radiologists urge Cigna to rescind coverage restriction for key imaging procedure

The Connecticut-based payer is labeling peripheral nerve stimulation, used to treat chronic pain, as medically unnecessary, with the Society of Interventional Radiology and others questioning the rationale.

Healthcare all but carrying jobs growth on its back—for better and for worse

The January employment situation summary, released Feb. 11 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows an American economy leaning heavily on healthcare to put jobseekers to work.

Rich Fabian, Medical Imaging Technology at AdvaMed Imaging chair of board, a medtech industry group made up of medical imaging companies to address higher level public policy concerns, explains key reimbursement issues impacting medical imaging.

Imaging industry group concerned about paltry insurance payment rates

Chairman Rich Fabian says AdvaMed Imaging is concerned about low Medicare pay rates and onerous rules created by private insurers.