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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Lawmakers push feds to fix key surprise billing provision that has enraged radiologists

Bipartisan members of Congress are concerned the rule will lead to artificially low payment rates, which would narrow provider networks. 

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COVID-19 brought 'overt' care-rationing in radiology that’s worsening disparities. How to fix it

Experts suggest using “equity-weighted allocation strategies” to better target populations left under-imaged amid the pandemic. 

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Radiologist Carolyn Meltzer receives one of American Medical Association’s highest honors

AMA is bestowing the Emory leader with its Distinguished Service Award, established in 1938 to recognize “meritorious service in the science and art of medicine.” 

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A private equity alternative: Long-term investment firm buys outpatient imaging operator for $400M

The Cranemere Group is acquiring Nashville-based Outpatient Imaging Affiliates, which has grown rapidly in recent years, and plans to hold the firm permanently.

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Bipartisan senators introduce radiologist-supported bill to cut prior authorization red tape

The Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 follows a similar proposal in the House and is endorsed by the ACR, AMA and American Hospital Association. 

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Radiologists receive commercial insurance payments at 180% of Medicare pricing

That placed radiology 4th on a list of 17 specialties examined by the Urban Institute, behind only anesthesiology, emergency medicine and neurosurgery. 

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Private equity-backed Solis Mammography inks women’s imaging partnership with hospital system

Solis will manage Memorial Healthcare's breast imaging and bone density services across four centers, with plans to expand further.

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Imaging operator Akumin’s financial reporting delays could hamper recent merger: Moody’s

The investor service labeled recent delays an "untimely distraction" that heightens integration risk after closing the $820M Alliance deal. 

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The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

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.

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.