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.

FDA recalls real-time glucose monitors after 56 injuries
Receivers on active glucose monitors manufactured by Dexcom are reportedly failing to send alerts when a patient’s blood sugar levels are dangerously high or low. There have been no deaths linked to the malfunction.
Patients who visit providers via telemedicine undergo significantly fewer imaging exams
Researchers with the Neiman Health Policy Institute recently investigated how COVID-related care site shifts impacted diagnostic radiology, sharing their findings in JACR.
Health system buys full ownership of imaging center jointly held by pioneering radiology group
IU Health has purchased 100% control of the radiology facility located on Landmark Avenue in the community of Bloomington.
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule includes CPT code, $1,000 payment amount for imaging AI software
CMS is suggesting such reimbursement for coronary plaque analysis software, offered by vendors Cleerly, Elucid and HeartFlow.
Reimbursement for contrast-enhanced mammography is on the rise
New global survey data suggest organizations have not let the lack of reimbursement affect their decision to implement CEM.

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Radiology provider joins growing number of institutions refusing to accept Medicare Advantage

“Medicare Advantage undermines my expertise as a physician and disregards my patients’ unique medical needs," said radiation oncologist Todd E. Hlavaty, MD.

Eli Lilly inks deal worth over $1.1B to develop new radiopharmaceuticals

The Indianapolis-based drugmaker can hit the hefty total by reaching certain clinical, regulatory and commercial milestones.

Giving patients access to their medical imaging could improve health literacy

However, medical image sharing could also produce an influx of questions from patients who have concerns about what they're looking at, authors of a new paper suggest.

House committee advances key legislation to strengthen pay for diagnostic imaging agents

The FIND Act is supported by several industry stakeholders including ACR and the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging.

Private equity-backed urology practice enters interventional radiology with new outpatient center

Central Ohio Urology is working with Prostate Centers USA, a Virginia-based IR group that operates a network of locations across several states.

Radiologists help launch Uber-like service providing imaging consultations across the globe

Experts first designed the program in 2022 to provide subspecialty advice to clinicians in war-torn Ukraine.

Senators release new details on how Congress could reform radiologist Medicare payment system

Reforms could include creating more sustainable payment updates to ensure radiologists can continue owning and operating practices and rethinking how Medicare measures quality.

Radiologist urges peers to perform ultrasounds, build better bonds with patients

Pranjal Rai, MBBS, made his case in a new opinion piece published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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Cardiovascular Business

FDA-cleared software increases throughput for flurpiridaz back-to-back rest-stress imaging

The new F-18 flurpiridaz radiotracer is expected to help drive cardiac PET growth, but it requires waiting between rest and stress scans. Software from MultiFunctional Imaging can help care teams combat that problem.

Health Imaging

MRI projectile incident likely to result in a 'seven-figure sum' repair bill for hospital

News of an incident is a stark reminder that healthcare workers and patients aren’t the only ones who need to be aware around MRI suites.

Health Imaging

American College of Radiology announces significant expansion of Lung Cancer Screening Registry

The ACR hopes these changes, including the addition of diagnostic performance feedback, will help reduce the number of patients with incidental nodules lost to follow-up each year.

Management

FDA recalls real-time glucose monitors after 56 injuries

Patients who visit providers via telemedicine undergo significantly fewer imaging exams

Health system buys full ownership of imaging center jointly held by pioneering radiology group

Medicare Physician Fee Schedule includes CPT code, $1,000 payment amount for imaging AI software

Reimbursement for contrast-enhanced mammography is on the rise

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