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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‘Startling shift’: 70% of physicians employed by private equity firms or other corporate entities

Corporations own half of U.S. medical practices, with PE and similar stakeholders producing the sharpest increase (32%) in acquisitions between 2019-2020.

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Nearly 40% of radiologists and other doctors working side gigs amid pandemic

Docs on average earned $25,000, with men collecting more ($27,500) compared to female colleagues ($20,900), Medscape reported. 

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‘This must be countered’: Radiologists launch political fund to stop nonphysician scope-of-practice gains

The American College of Radiology Association is providing the initial $225,000 with the goal of safeguarding patients’ access to physician-led care. 

Bullet pierces mobile mammography unit during imaging exam, halting screening event

The incident occurred on Chicago’s South Side, with the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Assured Imaging hosting a popup 3D mammogram clinic at a local shopping center

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CMS Stark Law advisory grants radiology practices more flexibility in structuring their organizations

Provider groups can potentially use subsidiaries for different markets or different payer arrangements based on the new guidance, experts advised. 

As ‘right to repair’ debate continues, hospitals go after surgical robot company

The 'right to repair' debate is one that could impact heart teams and device manufacturers for years to come. Some hospitals have had a head start, accusing one company of unfair repair policies that put patients at risk. 

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Radiologists and other docs label 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule a ‘mixed bag’

Advocates are pleased with plans to delay the punitive phase of the appropriate-use criteria program, but concerned about cuts to the conversion factor.

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Rad Partners AI ally raises $66M, Rayus’ latest M&A move, plus more company news

Also, two practices announce a merger in the Northeast as the acquirer strives to become the "Amazon of radiology." 

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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.