Management

This page includes content on healthcare management, including health system, hospital, department and clinic business management and administration. Areas of focus are on cardiology and radiology department business administration. Subcategories covered in this section include healthcare economics, reimbursement, leadership, mergers and acquisitions, policy and regulations, practice management, quality, staffing, and supply chain.

Aetna and LHS Health Network Reach New Agreement

PARSIPPANY, N.J.– Aetna (NYSE: AET) and LHS Health Network, an affiliate of Lourdes Health System, today announced a new accountable care organization (ACO) agreement that will improve the coordination and delivery of patient care. The LHS Health Network will deliver a better patient experience for more than 20,000 Aetna members in Camden, Burlington and Gloucester counties. In addition, Aetna and LHS Health Network will begin a new Medicare provider collaboration serving more than 2,000 Aetna Medicare members.

June 17, 2014

Cumberland Consulting Group Acquires Cipe Consulting Group

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 16, 2014) – Cumberland Consulting Group, a national healthcare technology implementation and project management firm, today announced that it has acquired the assets of Seattle-based Cipe Consulting Group, LLC, a growing healthcare technology consulting firm specializing in electronic health records and revenue cycle system implementation and support, including workflow and business analytics.

June 17, 2014

West Corporation Completes Health Advocate Acquisition and Updates 2014 Guidance

OMAHA, Neb., June 16, 2014 -- West Corporation, a leading provider of technology-driven communication services, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Health Advocate(TM), Inc., the nation's leading independent provider of healthcare advocacy services.

June 17, 2014

Press Ganey Acquires National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI®)

June 10, 2014, Boston, Massachusetts – Press Ganey today announced the acquisition of the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI®), the leading quality improvement and nurse engagement tool developed by the American Nurses Association (ANA) and managed by The University of Kansas School of Nursing. The acquisition strengthens Press Ganey’s ability to empower nurses and nursing leaders in their mission to reduce patient suffering and improve the patient experience.

June 11, 2014

Humana Once Again Named Top Payer in athenahealth® PayerView® Rankings

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--For the second year in a row, Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) was ranked as the number one company for its ease of doing business with providers. Humana ranked number one in overall performance among 148 U.S. health insurers based on a review of 2013 claims-payment data conducted by athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN).

June 4, 2014

MedCPU Closes $9.3 Million in Series B Funding to Expand Clinical Decision Support Solutions for Healthcare Providers

NEW YORK--MedCPU, Inc., a leader in enterprise clinical decision support solutions, announced today the close of a $9.3 Million Series B funding round that will provide the company with capital to maximize its growth opportunities in the expanding market for clinical decision support solutions for healthcare providers. Investors in the B round of financing include Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Easton Capital Investment Group and New Richmond Ventures.

May 28, 2014

FIGMD, Inc. Announces Launch of Clinical Data Registry Platform on Google Glass

CHICAGO--FIGMD, Inc. is excited to announce the launch of its Clinical Data Registry Platform on Google Glass. A first in the health care quality measurement space, FIGMD’s innovative approach enables Doctors and other health care providers across the country to leverage the power data at the point of care.

May 12, 2014

Quintiles Announces Agreement to Acquire Encore Health Resources

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-- As part of its continued efforts to strengthen and expand its service capabilities across the healthcare continuum, Quintiles today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Encore Health Resources (Encore). Encore is a leader in the health-information analytics and technology services industry focused on healthcare providers. Through its consulting services and solutions, Encore assists customers with a wide range of strategy, advisory, implementation, process-redesign, optimization, analytics and performance-improvement initiatives.

May 12, 2014

Around the web

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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