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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DBT coverage mandates increase use but have no impact on patients’ out-of-pocket costs

More than a dozen states have required private payers to cover digital breast tomosynthesis, producing a $39 decrease in average price for the exam. 

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High-profile, $100M mammography trial touts new enrollment milestone

TMIST just recently reached 65,000 participants, surpassing the halfway mark toward its current goal of 128,905, organizers announced recently. 

Study analyzes use of AI to alert patients, physicians to incidental imaging findings

Aiming to prevent delayed or missed care, Northwestern Medicine uses natural language processing to screen signed reports for text that indicates a follow-up recommendation.

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Regardless of specialty, female physicians spend more time in the EHR than men

“Our findings provide a potential mechanism for the gender gap in burnout, which has implications for workforce mental health and physician retention,” experts wrote Thursday. 

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Survey reveals widespread confusion among women about the density of their breasts

The uncertainty among respondents occurred, despite all receiving their mammograms in facilities with density notifications, according to new research.

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American College of Radiology loses fight with CMS over ultrasound payment restriction

Despite the denial, ACR said it will continue fighting “misguided proposed edits,” having scored victories a “significant” percentage of the time.

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FDA approves new therapy, complementary imaging agent for treating metastatic prostate cancer

Provider advocates praised the decision, calling it “one of the greatest success stories in nuclear medicine history.”

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MRI after button battery removal: Consensus on next steps lacking among referrers

There are no published guidelines on how imaging should inform clinical management, Seattle Children's Hospital experts noted. 

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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.