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.

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Toshiba makes rumored sale of Toshiba Medical Systems to Canon official

Toshiba has officially announced the sale of its Toshiba Medical Systems unit to Canon for $6.2 billion. A newspaper from Tokyo reported the news last week, but it had not been confirmed until now.

March 17, 2016

GE holding on to life-science operations

Jeffrey Immelt, GE’s chairman and CEO, has been busy reshaping the company so that it revolves more around heavy industry, but there appear to be no current plans to sell GE’s life-sciences business.

March 14, 2016

Zotec Partners announces new deal with Toledo Radiological Associates

Zotec Partners, a medical billing and practice management company based out of Indianapolis, has announced a management agreement with Toledo Radiological Associates (TRA), a radiology practice that has been serving Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan for almost 90 years. 

March 14, 2016

Owners of 2 clinics arrested for defrauding Medicaid, providing defective mammography services

The owners of Digital Radiology Center and Medisound in Kissimmee, Fla., have been arrested for allegedly defrauding Medicaid out of more than $180,000 in claims. 

March 10, 2016

Sectra unveils figures from 9-month interim report

Medical IT and technology company Sectra announced earnings figures from May 2015 to January 2016 this week while also calling attention to the company’s recent success in KLAS customer service survey.

March 9, 2016

Report: Canon to acquire Toshiba Medical Systems for more than $6 billion

According to a new report from Tokyo, Toshiba is selling its Toshiba Medical Systems unit to Canon for more than $6 billion. The companies are still working out the exact details of the highly anticipated deal.

March 9, 2016

Trump's healthcare plan mostly a combination of old Republican proposals

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign released an outline of his healthcare plan today, and according to reporting by the Los Angeles Times, it doesn’t offer much that hasn’t been heard before. 

March 3, 2016

RelayHealth shares post-ICD-10 denial rate data

According to RelayHealth Financial, a healthcare IT company owned by McKesson, just 1.6 percent of claims processed using its revenue cycle management solutions since the implementation of ICD-10.

March 2, 2016

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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