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.

GE Healthcare, Harvard Hospitals collaborate on AI for healthcare

A recent Forbes article revealed General Electric’s (GE) healthcare division plans to partner with Harvard Hospitals to develop artificial intelligence (AI) products for medicine.

May 19, 2017

Context is key when defending radiology claims

In a recent article published in the New York Law Journal, Andrew Kaufman, founding partner of Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan, outlines how to handle hindsight bias when it comes to defending radiology claims.

May 15, 2017

Radiology Partners raises $200 million for scaling support, quality improvement programs

The nation’s largest physician-led radiology practice completed its latest round of growth equity funding, raising $200 million earmarked for evidence-based clinical programs and expansion.

May 8, 2017

Siemens exploring options in Healthineers carve-out

Despite previous indications of an initial public offering, Siemens is exploring all options in plans to list its healthcare division, Siemens Healthineers.

May 8, 2017

Help wanted: Open positions have increased for rad techs in 2017

In the latest ASRT Radiologic Sciences Staffing and Workplace Survey 2017, data show that the number of positions that are open and actively being recruited for radiologic technologists increased in 2017.

May 1, 2017

Regulatory agencies on the lookout for overpayments—and how practices can avoid fate of Zwanger-Pesiri

A Long-Island radiology practice agreed to pay more than $10 million late last year to settle two counts of healthcare fraud related to performing and billing pelvic ultrasounds. This settlement raised regulatory eyebrows, according to a presentation at RBMA’s PaRADigm 2017 meeting, and imaging practices should take steps to ensure they aren’t making the same mistakes.

April 28, 2017

RBMA announces board of directors, officers for 2017-2018

The Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) has announced its newly elected volunteer board members and officers for 2017-2018. 

April 28, 2017

New RLI Online Program Takes Radiology Leaders to Greater Heights

Reston, VA (April 25, 2017) — Radiologists will launch confidently into new leadership roles equipped with essential business skills provided by a new online program from the Radiology Leadership Institute® (RLI).

April 27, 2017

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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