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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Consumers willing to pay more for higher quality imaging services, new survey suggests

The findings are based on a survey of more than 1,000 potential patients, conducted using an online crowdsourcing platform. 

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Bipartisan bill would provide relief for small practices navigating Merit-based Incentive Payment System

The Small Practice, Underserved, and Rural Support Program Extension Act of 2022 has drawn support from the AMA and several other physician groups.

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Trio of private radiology practices across three states announce merger deal

Leaders believe the newly formed Advanced Imaging Alliance will allow them to better serve one of the nation’s largest Catholic hospital systems. 

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American College of Radiology sees opportunity for legislative wins in 2022, despite ‘partisan gridlock’

ACR highlighted clinical labor wage updates and upcoming sequester cuts as two targets in early 2022, hoping to build off advocacy momentum from last year. 

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One of state’s oldest radiology practices broadens reach with telemammography firm acquisition

Vulcan Imaging Associates is acquiring Women's Imaging Associates for an undisclosed amount, uniting two market leading practices in Alabama.

North America’s oldest radiology society awards Edward Lee with its highest honor

The American Roentgen Ray Society will present Lee, a renowned pediatric imaging specialist, with the 2022 Gold Medal during its annual meeting in May.

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Hospital system drops lawsuit over radiology employees quitting to join competitor

ThedaCare recently sued Ascension Northeast Wisconsin, claiming the organization improperly recruited interventional techs and nurses from its Appleton hospital.

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‘Scant’ interest in imaging community for the term ‘multispecialty radiologist,’ task force says

Experts considered similar terms, such as multimodality or multisystem radiologist, to describe docs who spend more than 50% of their time working outside their subspecialty.

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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.