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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Consulting Radiologists Names New Chief of Strategy & Business Development

Consulting Radiologists, Ltd. has hired Karen Flanagan Kleinhans, MHA, as Chief of Strategy and Business Development. She will be responsible for CRL’s overall strategic direction, business development and marketing plans, the company says.

ACR Launches Institute to Examine Value of Imaging

As pressure mounts to control health care costs, the American College of Radiology is taking action to accumulate real data on the impact of medical imaging on health care quality, delivery and cost. Today it announced that it is establishing the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute (HPI) to “examine the role of radiology in new health care

Renowned UPMC Interventional Radiologist Moves to Rival Highmark’s Hospital

Mark H. Wholey, MD, a leading interventional radiologist, formerly of UPMC, is moving to Allegheny General Hospital, a West Penn Allegheny Health System hospital whose long-time rivalry with UPMC turned into a legal battle last year when insurer Highmark announced plans to merge with West Penn Allegheny.

Medical Debt Collector Settles for $2.5 Million on Charges of Illegal Collection Tactics

Accretive Health, a medical debt collection company, has agreed to pay $2.5 million to the Minnesota state attorney general’s office to settle charges that it had pressured patients to pay for care prior to its delivery, according to the New York Times.

Fujifilm Introduces FDR D-EVO Suite II

FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. announced the latest addition to its family of DR products, the FDR D-EVO Suite II. It is a cost effective, flexible, DR room solution designed to optimize workflow while utilizing any of Fujifilm’s popular FDR D-EVO portable detectors.

Agfa Computed Radiology Solution Receives FDA Clearance

Agfa HealthCare announced that its table-top computed radiography (CR) solution, the CR 10-X, has acquired FDA 510(k) clearance. According to Agfa HealthCare, the CR 10-X is affordable, compact, and provides small hospitals and practices an economical path from analog to digital radiology.

Intermountain and GE Healthcare Team to Reduce Patients' CT Radiation Dose

Intermountain Healthcare says it is joining with GE Healthcare to reduce radiation dose in CT procedures at its facilities by up to 50 percent, using the GE Blueprint for low dose.

Advocacy for S. 2347 is Working, Says ACR

In July, the total number of co-sponsors for Senate bill number 2347, the Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act, doubled from six to 12, the ACR stated 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.