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.

FDA Awards $2 Million For Centers of Excellence

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday awarded $2 million to support the establishment of two regional Centers of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Interim Rule Adds Waivers to Physician Self-Referral Law

Working toward the goal of encouraging participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the Advance Payment Initiative, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Office of Inspector General (OIG), and the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) last Thursday issued an interim final rule that sets forth waivers to the

Wireless Devices Pique Consumer Interest on Health Care Front

The wireless device revolution is impacting the health care space: Patients are exhibiting a marked interest in communicating with their physicians via such devices, according to a new study by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® .

FDA Clears Dose Control System

Radiation oncology solutions provider Accuray Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif., today announced that it has obtained 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Dose Control System (DCS).

Study Shows Correlation Between Imaging Utilization Rates, Self-Referral

Referring physicians with a financial interest in medical imaging services have higher imaging utilization rates than their colleagues with no such interest, reveals a study published online in the November issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Per-Capita Health Care Costs Show Modest Growth

Representing a fourth consecutive month of modest cost growth acceleration, the average per-capita cost of health care services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare grew by 5.73% over the 12 months ending in August, Standard & Poor's(S&P) Healthcare Economic Indices show.

ACR Gets Nod to Accredit SectraDose Mammography System

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to accredit the Sectra MicroDose L30 full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system, effective last Friday.

HHS Releases Final ACO Rule

The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) yesterday released the final rule for accountable care organizations (ACOs).

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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.