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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Changes at Strategic Radiology as independent practice coalition adds former rad tech to C-suite

Barbara Perez Deppman also previously served as executive director for Radiology Associates of South Florida after her time spent as a technologist. 

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How the American Board of Radiology’s parental leave policy stacks up against other specialties’

The ABMS recently mandated that its members enact policies to cover caregiver, medical and parental leave, with varying degrees of compliance. 

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150 members of Congress pressure administration to fix surprise billing rule they say favors insurers

Members of the GOP Doctors Caucus also recently wrote to the departments of HHS, Labor and Treasury to voice “deep concerns” over the issue. 

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CMS’ oncology alternative payment model reduced utilization of imaging services in Medicare

The alternative payment model was associated with modest changes, including about 46 fewer imaging services used per 1,000 care episodes, experts wrote in JAMA. 

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General Electric announces plans to split into 3 separate companies

The firm will divide into organizations focused on healthcare, aviation and energy, GE announced.

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RadNet seeking creative ways to address ‘tight labor market’ plaguing the imaging industry

Workforce shortages have restricted the company's ability to expand hours in certain locations to work through patient backlogs, executives said. 

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American College of Radiology contemplating legal action to halt provision in surprise billing law

The Texas Medical Association already filed suit against the Biden administration late last month, and ACR said the suit echoes several of its concerns. 

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Out-of-pocket mammography costs significantly decrease odds of undergoing subsequent screenings

The ACA largely eliminated such cost-sharing, but grandfathered health plans, diagnostic mammography and other follow-up testing all result in added charges. 

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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.