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.

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Minor Errors in Meaningful Use Stage 2 Corrected

HHS has made minor corrections to the Stage 2 Meaningful Use regulations. The changes do not affect the implementation date.

Jamestown Radiologists Expands Practice, Offerings

The upstate New York radiology practice acquires local imaging group, inks major contract with insurance providers.

Whistleblower Saw Imaging Billing Fraud at 7 Florida Hospitals

The scope of a 2010 whistleblower suit filed against Adventist Health System broadened this week to include ER imaging.

ACR Radiology Leadership Institute Introduces RLI Expedition Program

The new 3-day leadership development program promises radiology-specific simulated challenges, coaching and more.

ACR Issues Call to Action on the MPPR

The American College of Radiology is urging its members to contact their Senators and ask them to support S. 2347.

Republican Senators Also Asking HHS About Meaningful Use

House Republicans are no longer alone in voicing concerns about Meaningful Use. Four Senators have now written HHS, too.

It's Time for a Permanent SGR Fix, ACR and 100+ Other Groups Tell Senate

The ACR and more than 100 other groups are urging the Senate Finance Committee to back a permanent SGR repeal.

8 Trends Radiologists Can't Ignore

Lawrence R. Muroff, MD, FACR, highlights eight major trends affecting radiology practices today.

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Health Imaging
Nearly $800,000 settlement offered to family of man who died during MRI exam

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

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.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

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.