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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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. 

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.

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Olympus will pay $646 million plus interest to resolve two kickback investigations

Medical device company and endoscope manufacturer Olympus Corp. of the Americas has agreed to pay a total of $646 million plus interest to resolve two separate government investigations related to providing physicians and hospitals with kickbacks.

Report: Toshiba could sell entire medical unit for more than $3.5 billion

Toshiba is attempting to sell its entire medical equipment unit, Toshiba Medical Systems Corp., and it may sell for even more than the previous estimate of $3.5 billion, according to a new report from Reuters. 

Digirad releases earnings for fourth quarter

Digirad released its fourth-quarter earnings this week, and the numbers showed that total revenues were $15.6 million, up from $14.1 million during the same time last year.

Mindray shareholders agree on merger proposal

Medical device company Mindray Medical International has announced that its shareholders voted in favor of a merger with Excelsior Union Limited and its subsidiary, Solid Union. 

inviCRO acquires Molecular NeuroImaging

inviCRO, a Boston-based imaging company founded in 2008, announced this week that it has acquired Molecular NeuroImaging (MNI) and the two companies are merging all activities under the name inviCRO. MNI will operate as a division within inviCRO.  

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Affiliations—a small practice owner’s alternative to corporatization

Consolidation is beginning to intensify in the U.S. radiology market, according to recent analysis published by Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. But owners of smaller practices have an option that doesn’t involve giving up power to corporate entities: work together. 

Around the web

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.