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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ACR out with first take on 2023 final HOPPS rule

The American College of Radiology is offering an initial appraisal of the rates CMS will pay next year for outpatient radiology and radiation oncology services through the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System.

MRI system advances include helium-free MRI systems (left is Philips version of this system), and compressed sensing (right, GE's version of this technology), which can greatly reduce scan times. Both technologies were mentioned in an overview by Signet Research of new tech that will be at RSNA 2022.

VIDEO: Overview of MRI market and technology trends

Bhvita Jani, research manager, Signify Research, explains some key trends and technology advances in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) market leading into the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2022 meeting. 

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Top MRI trends include helium-free systems, compressed sensing and AI

Signify Research outlines several key technologies and trends in MRI to look for at the Radiological Society of North America 2022 meeting.

Too much medical imaging, too little time to fix what’s broken?

A leading U.K. radiologist tells what he saw as this challenging scenario snowballed into being and what he believes must be done to make matters more manageable.

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Final 2023 physician fee schedule out from CMS; early reactions register exasperation, resolve

CMS has finalized the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for 2023, and its reimbursement reductions for radiology are less harsh than those proposed preliminarily in July.

Providers face ‘ominous reality’ of payment cuts as CMS finalizes 2023 Physician Fee Schedule

Physicians are now bracing for payment cuts after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published its final rule for the 2023 Physician Fee Schedule.

RadNet acquires 75% interest in UK teleradiology provider

Los Angeles-based, publicly traded RadNet has secured a controlling portion of Heart & Lung Health, or HLH, a network of more than 70 cardiothoracic radiologists who serve the National Health Service as well as various hospitals and teaching institutions across the United Kingdom.

The fall and rise of trauma CT on the front and back of COVID-19

When COVID-19 social-distancing orders eased across a densely populated county in the southwest, trauma visits spiked 35% over the pre-pandemic normal. This was accompanied by a 17% increase in average daily trauma CT exams.

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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.