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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Akumin bills itself as nation’s No. 2 radiology services provider following $820M Alliance acquisition

The combined company now covers 46 states, serving 1,000 hospital and healthcare providers with more than 230 fixed-site radiology and oncology centers. 

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Investor-backed homecare startup acquires another imaging provider, broadening reach in radiology

After acquiring Dynamic Mobile Imaging, DispatchHealth now offers ultrasound, radiography and other at-home services across 49 markets in 29 states. 

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National healthcare spending jumped 9.7% last year, topping $4.1 trillion

Much of the hike was due to a quick upturn in government spending during the pandemic, including the $122B Provider Relief Fund and $53B Paycheck Protection Program.

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Independent radiologists, who bill separately for imaging, muddying hospital price transparency efforts

Reimbursement for such practitioners is often nontrivial and could create a substantial financial burden for patients who don't expect to receive additional bills, experts wrote in JAMA. 

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Radiology dominates image-guided bone pain relief market, but other specialties present growing threat

Pain management specialists and neurosurgeons have recorded the largest gains in osseous ablation delivery among Medicare beneficiaries, according to new research. 

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House passes radiologist-backed bill to address burnout following physician’s suicide

The Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act advanced in a 392-36 vote, with support from the ACR, AMA and numerous other provider groups. 

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RadNet expands on East Coast, Solis Mammography’s execution risk, plus more company news

Also, vRad expands artificial intelligence pact, and practice leaders share their advice for navigating interviews during corporatization talks. 

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American medical and hospital associations file suit over surprise billing provision opposed by radiologists

AMA and AHA attorneys filed the complaint against the Biden administration Thursday in the D.C. district court. 

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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.