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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Health Care Jobs Rank on 'Most Overrated' List

Three different jobs in the health care industry rank among the most overrated occupations in 2011, according to a ranking by

Intelerad Introduces RIS/PACS Solution

Intelerad Medical Systems has launched InteleSuite™, a complete and customizable set of RIS/PACS solutions that combine the company’s

Smaller Physician Salary Increases on Tap For 2012

Smaller salary increases will be the norm for physicians in 2012, according to the 2011 Physician Compensation Survey released Monday by the Hay Group, a Philadelphia-based consulting firm.

CMS: Proposed Reforms Will Save Nearly $1.1 Billion

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) earlier this week announced that it is proposing two sets of regulatory reforms and is finalizing a third rule, a move it says will reduce “unnecessary, obsolete, or burdensome regulations” as well as save hospitals and health care providers nearly $1.1 billion each year and more than $5 billion

Health Care System Falls Short of Objectives, Scorecard Reveals

The National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2011 shows that the U.S. health care system continues to fall short of attainable objectives.

Health Care Activity Spikes, Dominates M&A Market

It’s going to be a big year for health care mergers and acquisitions, with overall activity for 2011 expected to be 20%, higher than last year, according to The Health Care M&A Report, a new report from Irving Levin Associates. And given results from the past decade, 2011 will be among the top five years for health care M&A.

Coalition Contests Proposed Imaging Payment Cuts

The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition is hotly contesting proposals to curtail Medicare payments for medical imaging tests, asserting through a report that such a move likey would pack no money-saving punch.

vRad, ICON Medical Imaging Form Clinical Trials Partnership

Virtual Radiologic (vRad), a technology-enabled national radiology practice, yesterday announced that it has formed a radiology partnership with ICON Medical Imaging (ICON), the medical imaging division of ICON plc.

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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.