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.

Investment firm agrees to buy Australian radiology provider

Shareholders of I-MED Radiology Network, one of Australia’s largest imaging providers, have approved a deal that would see a company backed by the investment firm Permira acquire its business.

January 29, 2018

Radiologists ages 55 and over sued more than younger colleagues

The older a radiologist, the more likely they will face a lawsuit, according to recent data published from the American Medical Association’s (AMA) 2016 Physician Practice Benchmark survey.

January 26, 2018

Family of former NFL player Mike Webster discusses being left out of concussion settlement

Mike Webster of the Pittsburgh Steelers was the first National Football League (NFL) player to be diagnosed with CTE, but his family is getting nothing out of the NFL’s concussion settlement.

January 26, 2018
Medical device tax

Medical device tax suspended for two more years

It was back—and now it’s gone again. For two years, at least. The medical device tax, which went back into effect on Jan. 1, 2018, after being suspended for two years, is now suspended for an additional two years as a part of the deal signed by President Donald Trump on Jan. 22 to end the brief shutdown of the U.S. government.

January 23, 2018

Are big changes on the horizon for Siemens Healthineers?

Siemens is expected to list a minority of its healthcare division, Siemens Healthineers, in the first half of 2018. The division is looking to cut costs now ahead of the move.

January 22, 2018

Connecticut country club raises $90K for breast cancer research

A Connecticut-based charity, Play for a Cure, raised $90,000 in funds at the Tumble Brook Country Club for the Susan G. Komen Southern New England foundation.

January 19, 2018

IRS providing temporary relief for taxpayers making late medical device tax payments

The medical device tax is still alive and well, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provided device manufacturers with some good news this week.

January 19, 2018

Wisconsin Senate to hear breast density notification bill

The Wisconsin Assembly has approved a bill that would require providers to notify women if they have dense breast tissue.

January 17, 2018

Around the web

"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

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