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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Washington state sues breast cancer charity for pocketing millions

The office of Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has won a lawsuit against Breast Cancer Prevention Fund, a charity that said it was raising money for cancer research and turned out to be one giant scam.

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400,000 imaging scans outsourced amid Scotland radiology shortage

Scottish health boards have sent nearly 400,000 radiology scans to external providers over the past three years, new data received by the Scottish Liberal Democrats shows.

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Despite longstanding breast density laws, patients remain confused and misinformed

Breast density laws have been on the books since 2009, with states increasingly joining the upward trend. But new research surveying more than 1,000 women found many remain confused and misinformed about such legislation.

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NYU to offer full-tuition scholarships to all medical students

New York University School of Medicine will cover tuition expenses for all new and current medical students, according to an Aug. 16 university release. The scholarship initiative, the first such program at a top-10 medical school, will cover $55,000 in costs for all students in the MD program.

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Hospitals—large and small—battle it out over TAVR

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has provided relief to thousands of Americans who suffer from leaky heart valves and are too frail to undergo open-heart surgery. But policy and business considerations behind TAVR has large and small hospitals fighting over who will perform the procedures.

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Kansas insurers required to cover 3D mammography by next year

Health insurers in Kansas will be required to cover 3D mammograms starting next year, making it at least the eighth state in the U.S. to enact the policy, the Kansas City Star reported this month.

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Express Scripts expands efforts in distribution of big-money gene therapies

Express Scripts, the largest pharmacy benefits management company in the United States with annual revenue of $100 billion, looks like it’s trying to diversify its business offerings. In an interview with Reuters, Steve Miller, chief medical officer of Express Scripts, confirmed the organization is in negotiations with biotechnology companies to exclusively distribute hemophilia therapies.

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Artificial placenta created using 3D printing

Researchers at TU Wien—a university in Vienna, Austria—have created an artificial placenta by using a 3D-printing process, according to a recent study.