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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Appeals court overrules radiologists’ previous win in No Surprises Act fight

This marks a rare victory for the Biden administration and federal agencies seeking to uphold provisions of the No Surprises Act. 

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Radiology provider Envision Healthcare shakes up C-suite

The Nashville-based multispecialty provider's CFO and CIO are both departing in January, with Envision launching a search to replace the latter. 

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Boston Medical Center installs solar panels to pay patients’ electric bills

A program dubbed the Clean Power Prescription sends half the energy generated by 519 solar panels on the hospital's roof back to patients, in the form of energy credits. 

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Radiologists and other physicians question medicine’s ‘workaholic culture’

“Do we need to change the culture of medicine? Yes. But also, let doctors be doctors, and you’ll see how many of them happily work 60 hours a week," one noted radiologist wrote. 

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Medicare to boost payment for certain diagnostic imaging agents

CMS is moving forward with a proposal to issue separate reimbursement for radiopharmaceuticals—a change long lobbied for by the imaging industry. 

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Radiology AI vendor Volpara Health inks $7M Department of Defense contract

The feds will deploy solutions for advanced mammography reporting, cancer risk assessment and patient tracking across the military health system. 

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Medicare to more than double reimbursement for CCTA, likely spurring greater demand

Beginning Jan. 1, CMS will up the rate for cardiac computed tomography angiography from $175 to $357.13, "encouraging broader use for better patient outcomes.” 

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Boston Scientific agrees to acquire AFib ablation company

Boston Scientific has scooped up Cortex, a healthcare technology company launched by the venture capital firm Ajax Health in 2023, in a move that will expand its EP offerings.