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.

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Nonprofit hospitals aren’t doing more for Medicaid patients than for-profits, despite taking taxpayer subsidies

In 2019, both nonprofit and for-profit hospitals reported nearly equal unreimbursed Medicaid costs as a share of total expenses, according to research published Monday.

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Kaiser’s net income rose in 2021, operating income dipped

The decline in operating income was associated with an increase in care delivery costs linked to COVID-19.

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Hospital pays $3.8M to resolve allegations it assisted cardiologist in exchange for patient referrals

The New Hampshire hospital allegedly received referrals worth "millions of dollars."

Coronary CT AI firm HeartFlow scraps $2.4B merger deal, citing ‘unfavorable market conditions’

Hedge fund investors and the Redwood City, California, vendor considered adjusting the sale price, but opted to terminate the deal instead.

Time to rethink how we compensate nonprofit hospital CEOs, think tank says

The average nonprofit hospital executive earns eight times more than their average hourly employee, experts with Brookline, Massachusetts-based Lown Institute reported.

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American College of Cardiology announces new industry framework for developing cardiovascular solutions

The document, available in full for free, is the result of a collaboration with the Consumer Technology Association.

The Getinge/Maquet Cardiohelp extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) system.

Getinge expands ECMO and perfusion digital solutions through acquisition of Talis Clinical

Getinge announced its planned to acquire 100% of the equity interest in Talis Clinical, which provides high-acuity IT software applications for critical care, cardiac surgery/perfusion and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

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US Radiology Specialists takes on $450M in debt to fuel largest transaction in its history

The acquisition balloons the private equity-backed provider group's roster to 350 radiologists across 180 outpatient imaging centers in 15 states.