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.

Johnson & Johnson MedTech hit with permanent injunction as fallout over antitrust lawsuit continues
Johnson & Johnson MedTech was already ordered to pay $442.2 million in damages for withholding clinical support to healthcare providers. Now the company has been hit with a permanent injunction designed to stop it from being a repeat offender.
Under-reimbursement keeping radiologists from using key imaging modality, docs warn CMS
Radiologists and other physicians recently wrote to Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, asking for changes related to contrast-enhanced ultrasound.
Looming end of Medicare rural pay adjustment raises concerns about doctor shortages
Anders Gilberg, senior vice president of government affairs at the Medical Group Management Association, explains why Congress needs to renew the Medicare geographic pay adjustments in rural areas—to make payments competitive with urban areas and help retain physicians in those communities.
New $6B Eversana looks to bypass PBMs and lower drug prices
A merger between Eversana and Waltz Health will create a new entity that CEO Mark Thierer says will upend the “existing oligopoly that I helped build.”
New York cardiologist headed to prison—DOJ says he paid for referrals, performed unneeded procedures
"Today’s sentence sends a deterrent message to doctors and the healthcare industry," according to a DOJ statement. "If you abuse patient trust for profit, you will face justice."

Lark Health raises $55M to expand AI partnerships, reach more patients

The company’s work with Anthem-affiliated health plans, in particular, is expected to prosper as a result of this additional funding.

American College of Radiology proposes two new imaging-related CPT codes

If approved by the American Medical Association's editorial panel, one revision could go into effect as soon as July 1.

Where the health-insured are (and aren’t)

Massachusetts has the lowest percentage of residents lacking health insurance in the country. Texas has the highest.

ACR ‘alarmed’ by number of small practices included in CMS’ new mandatory payment model

College chief William Thorwarth Jr., MD, voiced his concerns in a recent letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Surgery chain opens freestanding imaging center as safer alternative to hospital-based radiology referrals

Medarva Healthcare also highlighted its newfound ability to “create a comprehensive continuum of outpatient care without the inconvenience—and cost—of a trip to the hospital."

Low-income Americans open to overdue long-term care, as long as it’s paid for

Middle-aged individuals of modest means widely availed themselves of formal long-term care after Obamacare funded the expansion of Medicaid in participating states.

Embattled startup Nanox sees stock soar amid plans to showcase imaging technology at RSNA

Chairman and CEO Ran Poliakine said the live demonstration will "crush" the "baseless claims" made about his Israel-based business.

Radiologists feel more confident using dual-energy CT in the ED, lowering downstream imaging costs

At Vancouver General Hospital, the technique helped avoid nearly 200 follow-up MRIs and saved more than $60,000 in one year alone, according to a new analysis published in AJR.

Economics

Johnson & Johnson MedTech hit with permanent injunction as fallout over antitrust lawsuit continues

Under-reimbursement keeping radiologists from using key imaging modality, docs warn CMS

Looming end of Medicare rural pay adjustment raises concerns about doctor shortages

New $6B Eversana looks to bypass PBMs and lower drug prices

New York cardiologist headed to prison—DOJ says he paid for referrals, performed unneeded procedures