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.

Gemino Healthcare Finance Grants Credit Line to RCOA

Gemino Healthcare Finance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, earlier this week announced it has granted a $3 million revolving line of credit to Radiology Corporation of America (RCOA), a Delray Beach, Florida-based operator of 19 mobile PET and PET CT scanners that serve hospital clients in 13 states.

Health Care Stocks Ready For Rebound

Despite having taken a major beating during recent market selloffs, health care stocks are in a position to rebound significantly, indicate reports published today by the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters.

Study Links Increased CT Scan Usage,Lower Hospital Admission Rates

A new study shows a correlation between volume of CT scans administered to hospital admission rates, with the latter falling as the former increase.

ProScan Imaging Names Grossman to COO Post

ProScan Imaging, LLC, a Cincinnati, Ohio-based provider of diagnostic imaging services through a multi-state network of imaging centers, teleradiology services, and a medical imaging education foundation, today announced that Mark Grossman has joined the organization as Chief Operating Officer. The appointment became effective on July 18.

Medicare Comprises Largest Portion of Payor Mix

Like it or not, Medicare remains the largest component of radiology practices’ payor mix, at 37% of the total.

Colleague Feedback Influences Physician Test Ordering

A reduction in the number of unnecessary ordered tests can result when physicians receive feedback from fellow doctors, according to a study published in the Journal of Urology.

Medical Groups to Split $29.4 Million Savings, Quality Incentive

Four of 10 participating medical groups will split $29.4 million for achieving quality and savings targets in the fifth year of the Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration Program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today.

Analytics Open Doors to Strategic ACO Partnerships

Accountable-care organizations (ACOs) are likely to assume multiple forms, but no matter which model they opt to follow, radiology practices and imaging centers must adopt a strategic, business-oriented approach to selecting the organization or organizations with which they wish to ally themselves, as well as to securing their positions as 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.