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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Analytics Key to Catalyzing Change

The central goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is, as its name suggests, to restore patients to their rightful place as the center around which US health care revolves. Though the legislation is complex, the goal is simple: to incentivize an overburdened, decentralized system toward reducing costs while improving

HHS Delays ICD-10 Implementation

The pleas of the American Medical Association and other physician groups have not fallen on deaf ears. Yesterday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen G. Sebelius announced that HHS will postpone the deadline for health care providers' compliance with International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition diagnosis and procedure codes (ICD

Congress Sends One Year SGR Fix to President

Congress quickly passed a bill today that freezes physician pay under Medicare until the end of the year, effectively avoiding a nearly 30% cut under the SGR formula that was scheduled to take place in March. The SGR fix is tied to two larger measures in the bill — extensions to the payroll tax break and unemployment insurance — which virtually

New Cloud-Based Image Sharing Solution Announced

Vmware Inc., a leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, announced a new partnership with Peake Healthcare Innovations to produce an innovate new cloud platform for exchanging medical images over the Internet.

MITA Names Rodriguez New Executive Director

Gail Rodriguez was named the new executive director of the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance this week.

ViewBox for iPad to Improve Teaching

ViewBox Holdings has released a medical imaging application for the iPad it says will improve the way students learn about radiology.

NDS Surgical Names New Chief Technology Officer

NDS Surgical, a leader in medical imaging informatics based in Silicone Valley, recently named Peter M. Steven, MD to the role of Chief Technology Officer.

Compromise Reached on SGR Fix

UPDATE ON 2/17/12 — The House and Senate have passed the Payroll Tax Cut extension bill that also includes the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) fix for Medicare physicians. The vote was 293 to 132 in the House and 60 to 36 in the Senate. President Obama has promised to sign the bill into law.

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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.