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.

CMS Releases Comparative Billing Report on Advanced Imaging

Today, Safequard Services — a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) contractor — is scheduled to release its first national Comparative Billing Report on Advanced Diagnostic Imaging. The CBR will draw from Medicare final paid claims data with 2010 service dates to create tables and graphs showing how a provider's billing and payment

Rad Groups Slam President’s Budget

On Tuesday, groups representing radiologists blasted President Obama’s proposed budget that calls for $820 million in reductions to advanced imaging over 10 years.

Radiologists Join Coalition Tackling Neurological Disorders

The Society for Brain Imaging and Therapeutics has announced a coalition of top U.S. and Canadian scientists dedicated to finding solutions for neurological disorders.

Government Researchers Review Dose Exposure Data

A team of researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute surveyed available studies on radiation dose exposure and came up with key recommendations to reduce exposure from diagnostic imaging.

Drama Intensifies Over Doc-Fix

In the latest negotiations over a so-called “doc-fix,” Congressional leaders reportedly made some progress last week before the tone soured over the weekend.

Cardiologists Using Fewer Imaging Tests

Cardiologists expect to order fewer diagnostic imaging tests, based on a new report by the market research firm IMV.

ACR Joins Group to Form Prostate Data System

Based on the widespread success of the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data Systems (BI-RADS) the ACR and two other groups recently announced a joint venture to create a similar program for prostate screening.

Medicare Clarifies Point of Service Rules

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has clarified that “point-of-service” designation for the professional component of Medicare services should reflect where the examination was performed.

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The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

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.

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.