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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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Class action lawsuit filed against radiology group over cyberattack that impacted 600,000

Rachael Kuecher alleges that East River Medical Imaging PC in New York failed to encrypt sensitive data and implement standard security practices. 

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Congress adjourns for 2023 without a radiologist pay fix

ACR expects the House and Senate to address this issue when lawmakers debate the Continuing Resolution set to expire Jan. 19.

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South Korean imaging AI vendor Lunit to acquire rival for $193M

Adding Volpara's mammography solutions, used in over 2,000 U.S. sites, could catapult the acquirer "into the forefront of the American market.”

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GAO: No Surprises Act rollout has been ‘challenging’ for radiologists, other physicians

The feds anticipated only about 22,000 disputes between insurers and providers, but the actual number was more than 20 times higher. 

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Radiologists lose market share of Medicare ultrasound billings to cardiologists in some settings

“These shifts may reflect changes in relative utilization of specialty-specific examinations or evolving payment policies," experts wrote in AJR. 

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Texas Radiology Associates creates new CEO role, picks veteran administrator

Former RBMA President Mark Kalmar, MBA, longtime leader of Corvallis Radiology, recently took on the new title for TRA. 

FDA has now cleared 700 AI healthcare algorithms, more than 76% in radiology

Medical imaging makes up 76% of all the FDA-cleared artificial intelligence clinical algorithms used for direct patient care.

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8 practical strategies to retain radiologists

Jay R. Parikh, MD, and Frank Lexa, MD, MBA, offered their insights in a new pre-proof opinion piece published in JACR.  

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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.