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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Gartner: 5 areas ripe for better COVID decision-making through AI in healthcare

The research and advisory firm says these are the areas likely to yield the biggest bang for the AI buck when it comes to making better decisions on how to deal with the pandemic.

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Imaging societies push for passage, changes to bill that would grant radiologists hazard pay

Under the Hazard Pay for the Front Lines During Health Emergencies Act, radiologists, technologists and others would receive 25% in additional salary to help them sustain through the crisis. 

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Radiology provider Mednax unloads troubled anesthesiology division for $50M in cash, plus other considerations

The Florida physician services firm said the deal will allow it to focus on core specialties in imaging, pediatrics and obstetrics. 

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4 steps radiology providers can take to return from ‘COVID-19 induced imaging austerity’

Two radiology experts offered tips for any practice to begin these preparations, publishing their thoughts in JACR

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Google’s healthcare API has its ‘first and only’ supplier of MFT software

Coviant Software is announcing it has become the first and only supplier of managed file transfer (MFT) software to fully support Google Cloud’s newly opened healthcare API for data exchange.

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4 steps toward building durable trust upon COVID transparency

Leaders of academic medical departments could and should act now to turn the present public-health crisis into an opportunity for ensuring long-term team cohesion, suggest radiologist leaders at Vanderbilt.

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Cancer screenings drop upward of 94% during pandemic, with concerns of lingering sluggishness

Epic recently made this discovery after analyzing data from about 2.7 million patients, treated at 190 hospitals across 23 states. 

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Radiologists ask commercial payers to pause prior authorization as specialty works through ‘enormous’ imaging backlog

The American College of Radiology says physicians are “concerned” about such impediments to resuming routine care, and it's asking for a three-month moratorium.