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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Missouri cardiology practice sues health system for $50M in damages

Employees at St. Louis Heart and Vascular have been told their privileges are being revoked at all SSM Health hospitals.

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Apple hiring a cardiologist to help develop new products

The full-time position requires an active U.S. medical license and previous experience as an attending cardiologist.

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New UnitedHealthcare prior authorization restrictions take effect this month, ACR warns

Beginning April 1, UnitedHealthcare is making physicians jump through extra hoops to obtain payment for certain outpatient services. 

Deep learning discerns meat safety quickly, economically

Apart from software, the technique needs nothing more than a halogen lamp and a commercial-grade spectrometer. This pairing can be had together for well under $5,000.

Dipti Itchhaporia named new American College of Cardiology president

Itchhaporia, an interventional cardiologist, most recently served as the ACC's vice president. 

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Moody’s upgrades outlook for imaging giant RadNet amid climbing patient volumes

The ratings agency first issued its downgrade in July, citing the risk of prolonged business impact from COVID-19 and uncertainty around radiology's future. 

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Nines gets nod on AI nodule measurer

The FDA has given the all-clear to AI software that measures nodules in the lungs, a tedious but important task for radiologists monitoring changes in these growths over time.

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Prostate AI flirts with perfection on accuracy

An AI system for diagnosing prostate cancer on biopsy slides has achieved 98%-plus performance in sensitivity, positive predictive value, specificity and negative predictive value.