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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Mount Sinai partners with Discovery in digital series featuring AI in healthcare

Mount Sinai Health System, a New York-based hospital network, is working on a series of digital news segments with Discovery’s Science Channel to reveal innovations in science and medicine, including AI.

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8 AI strategies the White House plans to pursue, push

Paralleling its drive for greater transparency in hospital and insurer pricing, the Trump Administration is calling for AI to be made more readily understandable in all industries using it, including healthcare.

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Magnitude of industry payments to CV lab directors of great concern

Medical directors of cardiac catheterization and EP labs receive three to four times the amount of money from pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers as other interventional cardiologists in the same zip code, according to a JAMA Internal Medicine study.

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NEMA updates manual for evaluating SPECT scanners

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published an updated edition of its manual for measuring and reporting performance parameters of SPECT scanners.  

 

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Sanofi cuts 466 jobs, all ties to new CV research

French drugmaker Sanofi is cutting 466 jobs as part of an R&D “reshuffle” that will also put an end to the company’s new research efforts in cardiology.

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CMS finalizes coverage guidelines for TAVR

CMS on June 21 issued its finalized national coverage determination for TAVR—one that reportedly offers greater flexibility for hospitals and providers.

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3 key points to consider before further advancing AI, big data in healthcare

A multidisciplinary task force of 14 European AI experts has come up with a set of broad guidelines for anyone using the technology to analyze big data in healthcare.

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Nevada cardiology practice shells out $2.5M to settle Medicare kickback claims

Las Vegas’ Nevada Heart & Vascular Center agreed to pay $2.5 million this week to settle claims that its physicians referred patients for genetic testing in exchange for kickbacks from the testing companies, KTNV Las Vegas reported June 19.