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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Targeting ‘super referrers’ a promising strategy for quashing low-value imaging

Less than 1% of referrers accounted for 10% of exam orders that defy Choosing Wisely recommendations, according to a new analysis of imaging data. 

Neha Patel doesn’t want her radiologist husband prosecuted for attempted vehicular homicide

The radiologist suspected of trying to murder his wife and children by deliberately driving the family car over a 250-foot cliff has an unlikely ally in his corner.

Internal surgery patients with infectious complications shown not to benefit by extra CT

Thoracic CT is safely and wisely omitted from diagnostic protocols for ICU patients who have signs of infection after abdominopelvic surgery but were already imaged with abdominal CT.

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Radiologists among 100-plus physician groups urging CMS to take swift action on prior authorization

The American Society of Neuroradiology and Society of Interventional Radiology want the agency to bust what they say is a burdensome barrier to imaging and other crucial aspects of U.S. medicine.

Long daily exposure to blue light no threat to radiologists’ eyesight

Most radiologists log many hours every workday gazing into computer monitors emitting blue light, but their eyes are at close to zero risk of damage from retinal phototoxicity.

Homegrown tracking boosts follow-up imaging for incidental findings of uncertain gravity

A structured program to track incidental findings on body CT has significantly boosted rates of clinician follow-up as well as timely patient adherence to radiologist recommendations for next exams.

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GE Healthcare to acquire AI imaging specialists Caption Health

Caption Health has been a major player in the cardiac imaging space in recent years, gaining attention for its AI-powered echocardiography solutions. 

Healthcare consumers are coming up to speed on IR, albeit too slowly for some insiders

In the years since the turn of the century, interventional radiology has made quantifiable strides toward familiarizing the general public with the specialty and, along the way, helping IR better compete for business with surgery.

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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.

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.