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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Private equity-backed US Radiology Specialists launches daytime teleradiology practice to recruit physicians seeking flexibility

Connexia aims to address growing demand for outpatient imaging, along with shifting desires from some radiologists, USRS said.

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Referrer fails to order CT that could have caught man’s deadly lung cancer weeks earlier

An octogenarian visited the emergency department three times in August 2019 complaining of chest pain, with doctors instead diagnosing angina via X-ray. 

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CMS officially drops fee for independent dispute resolution back to $50

The agency has not yet announced the reopening of the Federal IDR portal to submit new disputes, with the feds hoping to do so "soon." 

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The ‘Kennedys of Italy’ buy $2.8B stake in imaging giant Royal Philips

Exor NV, the investment arm of the prominent Agnelli family, has the option to increase its stake to a maximum of 20%, leaders said Monday. 

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Google Health, radiology vendor seek regulatory approval of AI as independent mammography reader

"We hope to not only alleviate the increasing burdens on radiologists worldwide but also reduce disparities in healthcare," one Google AI leader said. 

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Radiology the 3rd most sought-after specialty among healthcare employers

AMN Healthcare received 155 search requests for such specialists, behind only family medicine (279) and NPs (420), according to a recently released report.

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Diagnostic errors occur mostly when radiologists exceed their average daily production

It may be necessary to monitor physicians' average daily productivity numbers over more extended periods of time to address this issue. 

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‘Unstoppable’ radiologist keeps practicing despite millions in fines, mounting investigations

James McGuckin, MD, most recently made the news in May when the DOJ filed suit against him and his affiliated practices. 

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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.