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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Microsoft Executes HealthVault Upgrade

Microsoft Health Solutions Group today announced the upgrade of its HealthVault Connection Center to support the inclusion of images in online health records maintained by Microsoft HealthVault account-holders.

MedPAC Recommends Prior Authorization For Advanced Imaging

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) on April 7 passed a recommendation that Medicare require clinicians who order more imaging studies than their peers obtain prior authorization for advanced imaging.

HHS Names Mostashari National Health IT Coordinator

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday named public health informatics specialist Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, to replace David Blumenthal, MD as national coordinator for health IT, effective immediately.

Inspection Uncovers Over-Radiation Of Infants

In the latest incidence of patient over-radiation reported by the media in recent months, the New York Times today reports a discovery by state health inspectors of nearly two dozen cases in which preterm babies received "improper" X-rays at a Brooklyn, New York hospital. The findings came to light only a few months after an initial report revealed

ACR Releases New Appropriateness Criteria

New evidence-based guidelines to help health care providers choose the most appropriate medical imaging exam for a patient’s clinical condition are now available via the latest version of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria®.

Health Care Sector Eventful, Yet Stable In 2010

Last year was an “eventful, yet stable” one for the U.S. health care sector as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was enacted and certain provisions of the bill took effect, according to a new report issued by Fitch Ratings.

GE Surface Coils Get Thumbs-Up From FDA

GE Healthcare yesterday announced that it has obtained clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Geometry Embracing Method (GEM) Suite of surface coils. Designed for use with the company’s Optima™ MR450w 1.5T wide bore MRI system, GEM Suite is said to help technologists reposition patients less often and cover more anatomy

Pressure Spurs Senate Repeal Of Health Care Tax Measure

The U.S. Senate yesterday voted to repeal a tax reporting requirement included in last year’s health care overhaul law. Sponsored by Republican Senator Mike Johanns, the legislation—passed in the Senate with a vote of 87 to 12. It repeals a requirement mandating the filing, by businesses and landlords, of a Form 1099 document with the Internal

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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.