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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ACE Pilot Illustrates Pitfalls of New Payment Methods for Radiology

One practice's experience as part of CMS Acute Care Episode (ACE) Demonstration shows problems with payment bundling.

Missouri Practice Takes Pro-Active Approach on Patient Data Breach

Litton and Giddings Radiological Associates acted fast when paper billing records were recycled without first being shredded.

ACRIN Chair Mitchell Schnall Elected to IOM

Mitchell Schnall, MD, PhD, the chair of the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN), has been elected to the IOM.

Fujifilm Awarded Two New Technology Awards

Research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan recognized Fujifilm with two awards for mammography innovation.

Cerner and Nuance Team for Integrated Voice Recognition Solution for Rads

Cerner and Nuance say they have expanded their collaboration on mobile healthcare IT products with voice recognition.

NEMA’s New CT Access Control Standards Earn Kudos for Safety

MITA, AAPM, the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging, and Image Wisely all back the new standards.

Radiology Groups Grow Business with InteleOne: KLAS Report

Sponsored by Intelerad

The vendor-research company KLAS is perhaps best known for its market reports, which compare the performance of multiple vendors in a single product category. Recently, however, the company has introduced a new approach to its reports that is reflective of the growing need to evaluate emerging technologies prior to widespread adoption and

Business Basics for Radiologists: Net Present Value

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At the 2012 Annual Meeting & Leadership Summit of the California Radiological Society in San Francisco, Frank Lexa, MD, MBA, presented “Core Financial Principles for Radiology Professionals” on September 8. According to Lexa, who is vice chair and professor of radiology at Drexel University College of Medicine, using certain financial tools (such

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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.