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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Radiology provider Envision Healthcare officially files for bankruptcy, hoping to cancel $5.6B in debt

The private equity-backed multispecialty group said that it has voluntarily entered into an agreement to restructure 60% of its obligations. 

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Radiology Partners announces changes in its board room

William Brody, MD, is stepping down from the practice's governing body, with a notable name serving as his replacement. 

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ACR Council passes resolution advocating for the protection of radiologists in states that ban abortion

“I am delighted by the overwhelming support Resolution #11 received at the ACR meeting," one of its supporters told Radiology Business

American College of Radiology 2023 Annual Meeting

William Herrington elected ACR president, plus more news from the college’s 2023 annual meeting

Ezequiel Silva, MD, received the 2023 William T. Thorwarth Jr. Award, with several others recognized for their accomplishments.  

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Industry payments to radiologists dropped precipitously post COVID, with an uneven recovery since

“Interestingly,” experts noted, despite such decreases, average payment amounts nearly tripled year-over-year, from $581 to $1,607 in 2020.

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Radiologists propose resolution to protect specialty from prosecution in states that ban abortion

Twenty-five state societies have voiced their support for the proposal, being presented at the 2023 ACR Annual Meeting in D.C. 

Radiology Partners inks agreement with key payer to restore in-network access

The pact comes as radiology practices fight to remain covered by the health plan of choice in their local service areas.

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Radiology Partners leader suggests 4 ways to fix the ‘dysfunctional’ No Surprises Act

Richard E. Heller, MD, MBA, the company's associate CMO for health policy and communications, detailed his thoughts in a recently published editorial.

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.