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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Improving Radiology for Radiologists: Thomas Pope, MD

Radisphere

Thomas Pope, MD, a musculoskeletal MRI and breast-imaging specialist with Radisphere National Radiology Group (Beachwood, Ohio), began his career in subspecialty imaging before it was common for radiologists to be fellowship trained. “I never did a fellowship, but I received on-the-job training in musculoskeletal radiology from my mentor at the

Joint Adventure: A Case Study in Hospital–Practice Integration

VMG

This article is the second in a four-part series on options for hospital–practice integration. To read the first article, click here.

Predator or Prey?

Here we go again: In a replay of the early, heady days when HMOs and managed-care models blurred the lines between payor and provider, we are again seeing health-care consolidation on a dizzying scale—which is almost obliterating that line completely. Two recent deals are emblematic of both the movement toward integrating into new models of care

Spending On Medical Devices Remains Steady, Study Indicates

Health care expenditures may be spiraling out of control, but spending on medical devices as a percentage of total U.S. health spending has remained relatively unchanged for the past several decades, according to a study sponsored by the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed).

Radiologist Fined $5.7 Million For Fraudulent Services Claims

In another step for the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) initiative, announced in 2009 by Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Las Vegas radiologist Rakesh Nathu, MD, has agreed to pay the U.S. government $5.7 million plus interest to settle allegations that he

PET Imaging May Aid in Identifying Findings Associated With Alzheimer's

PET imaging may help identify findings in brain tissue associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to two studies published online first by Archives of Neurology.

HIE Adoption Still Poses Challenges, But Progress Abounds

Competing timelines to meet federal requirements, complex systems integration, uncertainties surrounding accountable care organizations (ACOs), and other issues continue to pose challenges to the adoption of health information exchanges (HIEs). However, progress is indeed being made, reveals a recent survey of 225 HIEs by the eHealth Initiative, a

Blood Pool Agent Offers Promise For Imaging

BR38, a new microbubble-based blood pool agent for contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging, offers promise for non-cardiac and cardiac applications, including myocardial perfusion imaging, according to a study in the August issue of Investigative Radiology.

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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.