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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Cigna-Express Scripts deal gathering support in DOJ antitrust process

Cigna’s $67 billion acquisition of Express Scripts is looking good after 14 of the 29 states necessary to approve the deal have cleared it.

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Alliance HealthCare finalizes partnership deal with Northeast Radiology

On Aug. 29, California-based Alliance HealthCare Services announced it had finalized a partnership agreement with Northeast Radiology, an imaging practice with five locations in Connecticut and New York.

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Phlebotomist, EMT among 6 most popular healthcare jobs for millennials

Millennials make up the largest generation in the U.S. labor force, so it should come as no surprise that healthcare jobs are among the most popular roles for this cohort.

CMS adds flexibility to Medicare Part D drug plans

Starting in 2020, Medicare Part D drug plans will have more power to tailor which drugs can be used for different indications.

New 'ultralaser' treatment reduces pain for fibromyalgia patients

Fibromyalgia patients experienced significant pain reduction thanks to a new device that uses both ultrasound and laser therapy to help treat the disease, according to a pilot study.

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Judge rejects plea to amend $15M radiology medical malpractice suit award

An Indiana jury's medical malpractice verdict of $15 million awarded to a woman in June will stay, after her stage 4 rectal cancer went undetected on a CT scan. The defendant, the Center for Diagnostic Imaging of Carmel (CDI), was denied a reduction or amendment to the original judgement by Southern District of Indiana Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson.

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Hospital prices for services have little consistency

Hospital prices remain somewhat obscure—and they vary widely for the same procedures, according to an analysis by Axios.

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How imaging departments can reduce MRI-related accidents, increase safety

Most accidents in MR suites are related to issues with the magnetic field, but researchers from the department of radiology at the University of Washington have a few real-world approaches to boost safety.