Management

This page includes content on healthcare management, including health system, hospital, department and clinic business management and administration. Areas of focus are on cardiology and radiology department business administration. Subcategories covered in this section include healthcare economics, reimbursement, leadership, mergers and acquisitions, policy and regulations, practice management, quality, staffing, and supply chain.

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Head of CMS slams Medicare for all

CMS Administrator Seema Verma does not support expanding the government-sponsored healthcare programs she oversees to all Americans.

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Hospital use probably won’t rise due to Medicare for all

With Medicare for all on the lips of many Democratic presidential candidates and public support for universal healthcare coverage at its highest ever, concerns about healthcare usage under such a system have arisen. However, hospital use isn’t likely to rise under a Medicare-for-all plan, according to research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

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MITA backs push to include DBT screening coverage for TRICARE beneficiaries

U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), along with numerous other members of Congress, addressed a letter to the Military Health System (MHS) urging its leadership to provide DBT coverage to TRICARE health beneficiaries.

Insurers reject 2/3 of high-risk PCSK9i candidates

Nearly two-thirds of high-risk patients prescribed PCSK9 inhibitors to lower their risk of familial hypercholesterolemia and ASCVD are rejected coverage for the drugs by their health insurers, a new study alleges.

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Amazon’s fight over patient data could lead to lawsuit

Amazon is in a fight for patient health data after a pharmacy industry player worked to block the e-commerce giant’s online pharmacy business, PillPack, from accessing the information.

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Civica Rx partners with Hikma Pharma to launch 14 injectables

Civica Rx, the not-for-profit drug company startup created by hospital and healthcare organizations to reduce the impact of rising drug costs and shortages, has found another pharmaceutical partner to manufacture and supply 14 essential sterile injectable medications.

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AHRA 2019: Beginning things in Denver with a rockin’ good time

Rock and roll, inflatable instruments and choreographed dance breaks may not seem like they have much to do with radiology, but they were all present Monday, July 22, at the AHRA 2019 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado.

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Opioid overdose deaths fell in 2018

According to provisional data from the CDC, overdose deaths from opioid abuse in the U.S. likely fell in 2018, representing the first decline in roughly 30 years.