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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6 key challenges radiology faces following the COVID-19 pandemic

The Association of University Radiologists recently held its fifth annual roundtable for leaders in academia and the vendor space, with several important themes emerging. 

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Radiologists fear scope creep, pressing societies to oppose MARCA bill granting rad assistants more sway

The Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act has divided members of the specialty, with some arguing that RAs could help free up physicians to concentrate on complex or urgent cases. 

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CMS delays enforcement of key provision in No Surprises Act, drawing radiologist support

The agency was set to start requiring physicians to work with payers to provide an upfront "explanation of benefits," but will hold off on the change following a backlash. 

Radiology provider Akumin forms ‘powerhouse,’ closing $820M purchase of Alliance Healthcare Services

The publicly traded imaging center operator is expanding vertically with the deal, moving into oncology solutions, imaging joint ventures, and advising others on acquisitions. 

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Hospital system switches from Radiology Partners to LucidHealth for outsourced imaging services

Genesis Healthcare System had worked with Radiology Associates of Southeastern Ohio for about 20 years, with the practice joining Rad Partners in 2016. 

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Imaging advocates, bipartisan lawmakers unite to oppose ‘misguided and massive’ Medicare pay cuts

Congressmen highlighted a planned wage increase for clinical labor that will spell 20% reductions elsewhere, due to budget neutrality. 

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Patients with dangerous delayed appendicitis diagnoses are markedly less likely to undergo imaging

Imaging can drop the chances of misdiagnosis, but overuse of CT increases radiation risks, and ultrasound can produce false positives, experts wrote in JAMA Network Open. 

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Imaging did not contribute to an increase in Medicare spending between 2009-2019

Radiology recorded the most negative compounded annual growth rate when compared to all other Part B categories during those 10 years, according to a new analysis. 

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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.