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.

Mach7 Technologies, 3D Medical Limited sign agreement to merge, go public on Australian stock market

Mach7 Technologies, an enterprise image management company based out of Burlington, Vt., and 3D Medical Limited, a medical-specific Australian 3D printing business, have signed a definitive agreement to merge. 

October 26, 2015

Merit Medical Systems announces $136.1 million in 3Q revenue

Merit Medical Systems, a Utah-based manufacturer of disposable medical devices used in imaging, announced its third-quarter earnings this week, including $136.1 million in revenue, which is up from $128.8 million in 2014.

October 23, 2015

Investment firm upgrades Digirad’s stock 1 week after DMS Health acquisition

Digirad Corporation has had an eventful October, and the month isn’t even over yet. Last week, the developer and manufacturer of diagnostic imaging systems entered into a definitive agreement to acquire DMS Health Technologies for $36 million, and now the company’s stock has been upgraded to a “buy” rating by the investment research firm Zacks. 

October 23, 2015

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, SHINE Medical Technologies awarded funding from NNSA

Two Wisconsin-based companies, NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes and SHINE Medical Technologies, have received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for the development of medical isotopes.

October 22, 2015

Rhode Island Medical Imaging announces acquisition of Radiology Associates

Rhode Island Medical Imaging (RIMI), a network of private imaging facilities founded in 1943, has acquired Radiology Associates, the company announced this week.

October 21, 2015

Dual-energy CT: Is it what the doctor ordered for the cost-conscious community hospital?

Sponsored by Hitachi Healthcare Americas

A hospital seeking to replace CT technology that does not meet the XR-29 standard has a wide range of slice counts and capabilities to consider, all the way up to state-of-the-art—but pricey—dual energy CT (DECT).

October 21, 2015

AmSurg makes $7.8 billion proposal to merge with TeamHealth

AmSurg, a Nashville, Tenn.-based operator of ambulatory surgery centers, has announced a $7.8 billion proposal to merge with TeamHealth in a stock-and-cash deal that would result in 50/50 ownership. According to AmSurg, the merger would create a network of more than 1,200 healthcare facilities and approximately 20,000 clinicians. 

October 20, 2015

RadNet acquires New York-based Diagnostic Imaging Group for $56.7 million

RadNet, one of the country’s largest operators of outpatient imaging centers, has announced that it acquired Diagnostic Imaging Group (DIG) for approximately $56.7 million and 1.5 million shares of RadNet stock. 

October 20, 2015

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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