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 concerned pay cap on CT-based colon cancer screening could make service ‘untenable’

Medicare wants to limit the technical component for the exam to the HOPPS rate, which would represent an 81% reduction to the MPFS amount of $459.92. 

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Coalition repping over 1M radiologists and other clinicians urges Congress to fix ‘systemic’ payment flaws

“Congress must act before the end of 2024 to provide clinicians with the financial stability needed to ensure beneficiaries continue to have access to high-quality care,” the groups wrote. 

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RadNet hires private equity firm leader as new CEO of its Digital Health Division

Kees Wesdorp, PhD, will be based in the Netherlands, collecting an annual base salary of $705,000 and an incentive bonus equal to that amount. 

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Radiology staffing shortage forcing patients to wait 3 months for some imaging results

Michigan Hospital Association Executive Vice President Laura Appel said institutions are prioritizing exams related to medical emergencies. 

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‘Understaffing is ubiquitous’ in radiology, according to new ACR/RBMA workforce survey

About 69% of radiologists surveyed in 2023 said their organization is understaffed, up from 67% the previous year, the two associations reported. 

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RadNet hosts summit to discuss staffing challenges, state of the imaging industry

The publicly traded, Los Angeles-based company is convening an all-day event in Maryland, where it operates nearly 60 outpatient imaging centers. 

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Imaging vendor faces delisting from the Nasdaq due to low stock price

Breast scanner-maker QT Imaging first started trading its shares in March following a long-delayed merger deal and related lawsuit. 

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Radiology Business Management Association urges CMS to permanently allow remote supervision of imaging exams

CMS first started allowing this perk in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with providers able to oversee exams using real-time audio and visual technology. 

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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.