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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House leaders reveal ‘major’ healthcare bill that includes radiologist-opposed Imaging Services Price Transparency Act

The rule would establish a list of “at least 50” shoppable radiology exams for which providers must publicly disclose pricing on their websites.

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Hospital pauses mammography services after radiologists resign at partner practice over ‘witch hunt’

Physicians at Northern Arizona Radiology reportedly had been forced to work long hours to re-read exams looking for missed cancers. 

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Philips will pay $479M to settle class-action lawsuit stemming from product recall

The Amsterdam-based imaging industry giant emphasized that the agreement “does not include or constitute any admission of liability, wrongdoing or fault.” 

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Implementing structured radiology reporting via O-RADS boosts patient, referrer satisfaction

One key finding, experts noted, is that the Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data System had little impact on patients' ability to interpret reports. 

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Joint Commission’s Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation process called ‘costly, ineffective and potentially harmful’

Hospitals spent recurring labor costs per provider of about $50.20, extrapolated for a total national cost of roughly $78.54M, experts wrote in JACR

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GE HealthCare, Mass General Brigham partner to create AI algorithm for improving radiology operations

The Radiology Operations Module optimizes scheduling, reduces costs and frees up providers from time spent on administrative work.

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New study may provide model for assessing AI performance in real-world settings

“It’s vital that imaging centers have a process in place to provide ongoing monitoring of AI once it becomes part of clinical practice,” one expert noted. 

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‘Immediate attention’ needed to address cancer diagnosis deficits stemming from pandemic

The largest diagnosis deficits were observed for breast, colon and lung cancer, experts detailed in JAMA Network Open

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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.