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.

ACC President Ed Fry, MD, an interventional and general cardiologist at Ascension St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana, and chair of the Ascension National Cardiovascular Service Line, says Medicare cuts for 2023 are a tipping point that need to be a call to action across medicine. #AHA22 #ACC

VIDEO: ACC president says Medicare cuts should be a call to action across healthcare

American College of Cardiology President Edward Fry, MD, spoke about recent Medicare cuts at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions conference in Chicago. 

November 9, 2022
Julius Bogdan, vice president and general manager of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Digital Health Advisory Team for North America, explains considerations for healthcare system information technology (IT) management teams on the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI). He also discusses ideally how AI should be integrated into medical IT systems, and some of the issues AI presents in the complex environment of real-world patient care." #AI #HIMSS

AI drug discovery company pens $1.2B research collab with Sanofi

Insilico Medicine, a clinical stage AI-drive drug discovery company, has penned a multi-year, multi-target strategic research collaboration with Sanofi in a deal valued at $1.2 billion.

November 9, 2022

The most expensive & least expensive states for healthcare

In 2020, healthcare costs averaged $10,000 per person, though South Dakota takes the cake as the most expensive state for healthcare, according to a recent ranking from Forbes

 

November 8, 2022
Texas

Texas to repay $30M in care payments that didn’t meet requirements

The state of Texas may have claimed more than $30 million in federal funds for Medicaid uncompensated care payments that didn’t actually meet federal and state requirements.

November 8, 2022
Walgreens

Walgreens-backed VillageMD acquires Summit Health in $9B deal

VillageMD, which is majority-owned by Walgreens Boots Alliance, is acquiring Summit Health in a deal valued at $8.9 billion.

November 7, 2022
MRI system advances include helium-free MRI systems (left is Philips version of this system), and compressed sensing (right, GE's version of this technology), which can greatly reduce scan times. Both technologies were mentioned in an overview by Signet Research of new tech that will be at RSNA 2022.

VIDEO: Overview of MRI market and technology trends

Bhvita Jani, research manager, Signify Research, explains some key trends and technology advances in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) market leading into the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2022 meeting. 

November 3, 2022
The University of Southern California was among the first imaging centers in the U.S. to install a 7T MRI. This high-end part of the MRI market is small and is mainly made up of academic research centers. The main MRI market is made of of 1.5T systems, but there is rising demand for 3T, which Signify research may eventually become the standard for MRI.

Top MRI trends include helium-free systems, compressed sensing and AI

Signify Research outlines several key technologies and trends in MRI to look for at the Radiological Society of North America 2022 meeting.

November 3, 2022
Hospital staff walking through a medical facility, intentionally blurred to look artistic

Hospital margins see no improvement

Hospital margins were -0.1% during September, compared to -0.5% in August and -1.1% in July.

November 3, 2022

Around the web

More than 5,000 U.S. physicians joined forces to launch the new group. They say they are focused on limiting private equity's involvement and influence in healthcare. 

Just 10.5% of U.S. physicians said they view private equity ownership in healthcare in a positive light. 

Kate Hanneman, MD, explains why many vendors and hospitals want to lower radiology's impact on the environment. "Taking steps to reduce the carbon footprint in healthcare isn’t just an opportunity," she said. "It’s also a responsibility."

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