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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Surging demand prompts school to resurrect long-dormant radiologic technologist program

Midland College discontinued its rad tech offerings more than a decade ago amid declining enrollment and increasing costs.  

Imaging vendor Nanox says it will pay $650,000 in civil penalties to settle SEC investigation

The Israel-based company said it also has entered an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit for another $8 million. 

Vanderbilt Health breaks ground on 6,000-square-foot new imaging facility

The facility is located on a 0.55-acre site in Nashville and plans to offer services including MRI, CT, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, X-ray and mammography. 

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‘Alarming’ study results show uneven distribution of radiologists in 1 state

There is 1 radiologist for every 5,861 residents in the wealthiest counties versus 1 for every 7,861 in the poorest, researchers wrote in Cureus.

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Fearing delays, American College of Radiology urges CMS not to leave PET payment decisions up to MACs

ACR is concerned such a scenario would result in delayed and highly variable coverage determinations across the U.S. 

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Unnecessary follow-up tests may be dissuading individuals from returning for future cancer screenings

Nearly 18% of patients receive follow-up imaging or invasive procedures despite negative findings on lung cancer screening CT. 

Male stroke patients undergo CTA at significantly higher rates than women with no impact on outcomes

The disparity appeared concentrated among white, privately insured, higher income, and middle aged (50-79 year-old) men. 

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Authorities arrest radiologist for alleged role in opioid prescription scheme

Arash Padidar, MD, is facing seven felony counts, including unlawful use of personal information and issuing prescriptions without a legitimate medical purpose. 

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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.