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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Senate announces hearing on reducing healthcare costs

The Senate health committee has announced a series of hearings addressing how healthcare systems can reduce costs in America.

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GE moves to spin off healthcare division as independent unit

After a year of soul searching and strategic review, GE announced its move today to spin off GE Healthcare into a standalone company over the next 12 to 18 months. The goal, the company said, is a leaner corporate structure with substantial reductions in debt.

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GE moves to spin off healthcare division

After a year of soul searching and strategic review, GE announced its move today to spin off GE Healthcare into a standalone company over the next 12 to 18 months. The goal, the company said, is a leaner corporate structure with substantial reductions in debt.

Change Healthcare develops module to reduce denials of claims

Change Healthcare has announced the development of a module for their Assurance Reimbursement Management program that assists providers submit claims.

Radiation oncologists hit Capitol Hill with 4 legislative priorities during advocacy day

Radiation oncologists will head to Capitol Hill Tuesday, June 26, to urge Congress to protect policies that preserve cancer patients' access to high-quality and value-centered care, during the 15th American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Advocacy Day.

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More private insurance plans adopting ‘food as medicine’ ideology

Two nonprofits in the Philadelphia area have joined forces to deliver personalized meals to Medicaid beneficiaries.

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Online feedback tool reduces deterioration of psychological treatment by 74%

An online feedback tool that allows therapists to monitoring patients with depression has reduced the probability of deterioration during psychological treatment by 74 percent, according to a study published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

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Rhode Island Supreme Court upholds sentencing in radiologist’s 1999 murder

The Rhode Island Supreme Court has upheld the 60-year prison sentence of the man who murdered radiologist Alfred C. Moon, from Lincoln, Rhode Island, back in 1999.