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.

Another insurer sues CMS over star ratings, citing contractor error
Alignment Health is accusing CMS and a third-party contractor of surveying Spanish-speaking members in English and using an "arbitrary" calculation method to reduce the ratings of Medicare Advantage plans.
Patient mix-up, coverup results in lawsuit for wrongful death
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center removed the wrong man from life support and hid the mixup from the family for two years, the plaintiffs claim in a court filing.
Biden chooses semaglutide for next round of Medicare price negotiations—Trump gets final say
The final list also included diabetes drugs sold by Boehringer Ingelheim and Merck. The first round of drug price negotiations reduced the Medicare prices for 10 popular drugs by up to 79%.
Private equity radiology investor reaches agreement with FTC over alleged anticompetitive tactics
US Radiology Specialists backer Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe blasted the proposed order Friday, labeling it as symbolic and politically motivated.
Congressional candidate physician sues hospital and doctor for death of father
Some of the claims in the lawsuit, brought against Novant Health by Kyle Horton, MD, are backed by a report from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

CVRx ‘thrilled’ with Q1 performance as Barostim use continues to increase

The company has seen significant improvements in revenue and the number of centers actively using its technology.

Nanox shares up 63% after scoring FDA clearance for new imaging system

The Nanox.ARC utilizes novel, cold-cathode X-ray tubes and charges physicians using a “pay per scan” business model.

Nurses return to hospitals after pandemic exodus

Hospitals are seeing a return of the nursing workforce after many left their jobs during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Q&A: Why the future of physician payments is looking brighter

Health Exec caught up with Claire Ernst from MGMA to learn more about the possibility of physician payments being tied to inflation in the future.

Heart surgeon charged with 'professional incompetency,' harmful practices

The surgeon, who now lives in a different state, has 20 days to respond to allegations made by the Iowa Board of Medicine.

Radiologist among the 6 highest-paying jobs in America

The specialty’s $329,080 average salary placed it behind four other medical specialties, along with “athletes and sports competitors," according to the Department of Labor.

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Radiological AI may never dream of interpreting images—but don’t underestimate its virtual cognitive capacity

In the same year three humans first orbited the moon, 1968, the sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick published Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The novel imagined a dark, futuristic society in which real people couldn’t be readily distinguished from lifelike androids.

Cardiologist is officially the highest-paying job in the US

Almost all of the country's top 25 highest-paying jobs are physicians, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Management

Another insurer sues CMS over star ratings, citing contractor error

Patient mix-up, coverup results in lawsuit for wrongful death

Biden chooses semaglutide for next round of Medicare price negotiations—Trump gets final say

Private equity radiology investor reaches agreement with FTC over alleged anticompetitive tactics

Congressional candidate physician sues hospital and doctor for death of father