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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Breast cancer survivors detail the stress, anxiety of high medical bills

Many women—including insured women with full-time jobs—face significant out-of-pocket costs after being diagnosed with breast cancer. It leads to many hard-to-answer questions: What should they do? Who can they turn to for help?

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Despite Blockchain's potential in healthcare, trust remains an issue

Blockchain isn't just a buzzword in the healthcare industry. Nearly half (49 percent) of executives are developing, piloting or implementing blockchain projects within their healthcare companies, according to a survey by the PwC Health Research Institute.

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ACR presents 24 CPT code recommendations at RUC meeting

The American College of Radiology (ACR) offered 24 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for valuation during the October 2018 American Medical Association (AMA) Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) meeting in Chicago.

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Heart disease rising in underdeveloped regions, where 75% of CVD deaths occur

Cardiovascular disease remains the world’s No. 1 killer, responsible for a third of global deaths every year. But, though the overall burden of CVD in developed countries is on a downward trajectory, cases of heart disease are actually increasing in some corners of the world.

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Robert Ford named president, COO of Abbott

Robert B. Ford has been named president and chief operating officer of Abbott, the company announced Oct. 15.

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Cardiologist invests $60M in future of sirolimus-coated balloons

Indian-American cardiologist and serial entrepreneur Kiran Patel announced he’s investing $60 million in Concept Medical Inc., a company looking to test its novel sirolimus-coated balloon.

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More radiologists hired in Philadelphia than any other US city

In September 2018, more radiologists were hired in Philadelphia than in any other U.S. city, according to reporting from CBS Philly.

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Brexit backlash: UK patients pulled from international heart drug trial

Heart patients across the U.K. have been cut from an international clinical trial to test a novel heart attack drug after the medicine’s manufacturers expressed concern about registering new medications in Europe post-Brexit.