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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Love for CMS 5010 Compliance Deadline Roll-Back Not Universal

In authorizing a second deadline extension for compliance with its 5010 EHR standards this week, CMS is extending the timetable for providers and payers by another 90 days.

Strategic Radiology Adds Radiology Associates of North Texas to Its Group

The second-largest radiology group in the country has hitched its star to a new wagon.

Former Sonix CEO Busted for Alleged 401K Theft

The ex-CEO of the bankrupt Sonix Medical Resources of Hauppauge, NY, was arrested this week for allegedly stealing nearly $300,000 from his employees’ pension funds.

Alliance HealthCare: Revenues up in 2011, but Company Still Must Cut Costs

Alliance HealthCare Services saw full-year revenues of $493.7 million in 2011, the company announced yesterday, up $14.8 million from annual revenues of $475 million in 2010.

New iPad Boasts Faster Load Times, Better Resolution, but Researcher Urges Caution

The high-resolution retinal display on the new iPad will speed its adoption by physicians, predicts mobile medical app reviewer iMedicalApps.

Riverain Re-Brands Imaging Software Suite

Miamisburg, Ohio-based Riverain Technologies is rebranding three of its chest x-ray software applications. The company is pinning this announcement to the annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Radiology this week.

WV Man Names Teleradiologists in $2 Million Wrongful Death Suit

A West Virginia man has named a national teleradiology company among 15 defendants in a $2 million lawsuit filed this week related to his wife’s death in 2010.

Colorado Radiology Centers Owner Launches Online Tool to Help Patients Save Money

An owner of radiology clinics in Colorado has launched a unique online tool that allows patients to shop for discount health care services.

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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.