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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Physicians Must Take Control of ACO ‘Construct’: A Conversation With Douglas G. Smith

Recent media coverage of accountable-care organizations (ACOs) has included considerable speculation, both about how ACOs will evolve and about the manner in which health-care providers should proceed, in light of such evolution. Douglas G. Smith, FRMBA, is senior vice president of strategic initiatives at Integrated Medical Partners (IMP), a

Information Interoperability: Successful Positioning For ACOs

Pressing issues, among them the ever-shrinking Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and the threat of further imaging cuts wrought by the debt-ceiling agreement signed on August 2, might be looming larger than accountable-care organizations (ACOs) on radiology providers’ radar screens.

Health Care Employment Rates Show Sharp Uptick

Amid talk of another recession, health care employment rates are rebounding to a level comparable those seen in 2007 prior to the start of the economic downturn, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

AHA Slams Proposed HIPAA Data Disclosure Rule

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), slamming a proposed HIPAA rule that would allow patients to request reports that identify any party or entity that accesses their electronic health records.

U.S. Physician Administrative Costs Top Canadian Totals

Administrative costs incurred by U.S. physicians far exceed those incurred by physicians in Canada, reveals a survey published in the August issue of Health Affairs.

FDA Re-Establishes Medical Drugs Advisory Committee

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a rule that re-establishes its Medical Drugs Advisory Committee. The rule becomes effective today, with committee authority remaining in force until May 18, 2013 unless the FDA Commissioner formally determines that renewal is in the public interest.

Merge Healthcare Acquires Ophthalmic Imaging Systems

Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE), a Chicago, Ill.-based provider of enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions, has acquired Ophthalmic Imaging Systems (OIS) (OTC/BB: OISI), a provider of digital imaging and informatics solutions for ophthalmology and other medical specialties. Ophthalmic Imaging Systems is headquartered in Sacramento,

CMS Foresees 5.8% Increase in Annual Health Care Spending

Total U.S. health care spending will increase at an annual average rate of 5.8% to nearly $4.64 trillion for the period 2010 through 2020--1.1% faster than expected growth in the gross domestic product (GDP).

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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.