Leadership

This news channel page highlights examples of leadership in hospital and health systems. While healthcare leadership is often seen as the positions of chief executive officers, chief clinical officers, chief of staff, and chief information officers, it also can can be other individuals or the entire healthcare system that shows unique ways to enhance patient care and manage strategies, quality, safety and revenue initiatives.

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California will make its own insulin to increase affordability

The plan will allow California to offer insulin at a cheaper price, “closer to cost,” Governor Gavin Newsom said in a video announcement on Twitter July 7.

 

July 8, 2022
durbin-ama-opioid. The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) have published new guidelines focused on the diagnosis, treatment and management of patients with chronic coronary disease (CCD).

Federal health officials put insurers on notice over contraceptive coverage

"It is more important than ever to ensure access to contraceptive coverage with no out-of-pocket costs under the Affordable Care Act," federal health leaders wrote in a letter to private insurers.

July 7, 2022
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How the Supreme Court's environmental ruling impacts healthcare

The Supreme Court has issued another landmark ruling, rolling back authorization of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to regulate greenhouse gas––and the healthcare industry isn’t happy about it.

June 30, 2022
The long legal saga of Richard Paulus, a Kentucky cardiologist accused of performing unnecessary cardiac procedures, appears to still be going strong in 2022 and might be reviewed by the Supreme Court. The New York state radiologist is facing 36 misdemeanor counts for secret sexual recording without consent, according to a story in the Boston Herald.

'Unconscionable': Healthcare's reaction to the Roe v. Wade decision

In wake of the Supreme Court’s vote to overturn Roe v. Wade––the historic court case that set a precedent for the Constitutional right to abortion care for the last nearly 50 years––healthcare industry groups and leaders have come forward speaking out against the decision.

June 28, 2022

FDA rules Juul vape products can’t be marketed, sold

The move means Juul Labs cannot sell and distribute its products. Plus, Juul must remove products that are currently on the U.S. market or risk enforcement action.

 

June 23, 2022
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AMA pushes safe havens for physicians dealing with burnout

The American Medical Association (AMA) is recognizing the urgency of burnout among physicians, embracing a new policy encouraging more care.

June 20, 2022
The American Medical Association (AMA) has declared climate change as a major healthcare emergency. Sunrises and sunsets have become increasingly red in recent years with additional particulate matter in the atmosphere from larger, massive wild fires. Photo by Dave Fornell

VIDEO: AMA says climate change is a public health emergency

Alexander Ding, MD, chair of the AMA Council on Science and Public Health, discusses a new AMA policy calling climate change a healthcare crisis and outlines the need for action to mitigate its impact on public health.

June 20, 2022
Frank Dowling, MD, a member of the New York Medical Association delegation, addresses the AMA House of Delegates, explaining the need for new disinformation policy. #AMA #AMAmtg #AMA175

AMA fights back against COVID-19 disinformation spread by clinicians

This new policy calls for partnerships with other professional healthcare societies to call out false information.

June 17, 2022

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In addition, cardiologists average an additional $75,000 per year in incentive-based bonuses. That number is only higher for two other specialties. 

CMS has issued its proposed rule for the 2025 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system, suggesting a payment increase of 2.6%. According to the American Hospital Association, this update would not be enough at a time when hospitals are already struggling to stay open. 

The rumors, it seems, were true. Once the deal is finalized, Shockwave Medical will operate as a business unit within Johnson & Johnson MedTech.

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