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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AI quality assurance models saving lives and millions in avoided med-mal

Sponsored by vRad

Unrecognized imaging findings are an unfortunate, but undeniable, part of radiology. New advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning offer a critical safety net that is improving care and saving lives — as well as avoiding millions of dollars in potential medical malpractice costs.

Dear Congress: Proposed 2023 MPFS ‘threatens access to life-saving procedures and continued operation of essential medical services’

Eight imaging associations concerned about radiology’s fiscal fate at the hands of CMS’s proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2023 are imploring Congress to intervene.

Early PT for low back pain wards off advanced imaging, other pricey sources of healthcare spending

Patients who receive physical therapy for low back pain within two weeks of symptom onset pay significantly smaller healthcare bills at the 30-day and one-year marks than patients who wait longer for PT or never receive it. 

How Raleigh Radiology quickly onboarded clients to double in size while staying independent

Sponsored by Collaborative Imaging

This radiology group rebuffed a hostile takeover, doubled in size, and expanded into two new states — all while staying independent.

Cardiac CT now in the spotlight thanks to chest pain guidelines

With the elevation of cardiac CT to a 1A indication in the 2021 Chest Pain Guidelines, there has been a large amount of interest in starting coronary artery CT angiography (CCTA) programs. 

GE out with next-gen X-ray machine

GE Healthcare introduced a new fixed radiography system Aug. 2, positioning it at the high end of the category and spotlighting its capabilities as the most advanced in its family.

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Where is radiology with pay-for-performance now? 3 expert takes

JACR asked three experts on radiologist compensation for a written answer to a pressing question: In creating the ideal practice-level P4P program in 2022, what elements must be considered, avoided and emphasized?

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Radiological field offers 3 of the 10 highest-paying associate degree options: ZDNet

Surveying the landscape of well-paying jobs in reach of individuals with two-year degrees, a popular technology-business news outlet has found three of the top 10 exist within the radiological sphere.

Around the web

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.