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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Major insurers won’t be impacted negatively by halted ACA risk adjustment payments

The largest U.S. health insurers aren’t likely to be at risk of negative credit ratings after the Trump administration halted about $10 billion in risk adjustment payments, according to Fitch Ratings.

Nursing notes provide value in predicting ICU patient survival

Unstructured clinical nursing notes, including sentiments of clinicians, can help predict patient outcomes in the ICU, according to a study published in PLOS One.

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‘A guilty conscience may linger forever’: The rise of failure-to-communicate lawsuits in radiology

Failure-to-communicate lawsuits are on the rise among radiologists, according to an editorial published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology this month, leaving legal lines of the specialization blurry.

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Medicaid work requirements aren’t working in Arkansas

After work requirements for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries too effect in Arkansas, more than 7,000 people failed to report they worked at least 80 hours in June.

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CVS acquisition of Aetna may not face antitrust challenges

U.S. antitrust enforcers might not move to block CVS Health’s acquisition of health insurance company Aetna, Bloomberg reported.

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The numbers don’t lie: 4 reasons to be optimistic about radiology’s future

Radiologists have a lot to be excited about in 2018 and beyond. Jim Y. Chen, MD, of the department of radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, explored some recent statistics in a new commentary published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology, detailing what they mean for the specialty this year and in years ahead.

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FDA issues recall of valsartan

The FDA has issued a voluntary recall of valsartan, due to concerns of an impurity N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a known carcinogen, which was found in a batch of the drug manufactured in China. Valsartan is commonly used to control hypertension and heart failure.

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NEMA releases updated standards for measuring PET performance

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) published its updated guidelines for measuring and reporting performance specifications of PET scanners on Friday, July 13.