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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Publicly traded radiology operator Akumin adds six imaging centers in $39M deal

Akumin balloons its total to 78 radiology clinics in its home state and more than 130 across the country.

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Atlanta-based Radiology Group adds docs, 67 new sites of service through recent acquisition

Following the deal, TRG now has a physical presence in 28 states while offering teleradiology care nationwide, officials said Tuesday.

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‘Growing concerns’ over interventional radiologists’ radiation exposure during certain procedures

Scientists suggested restricting the time and frequency of some fluoroscopy-guided treatments to help minimize local damage, such as skin cancer in the fingers. 

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Hospital can’t be held liable after outside radiologist misses left-behind sponges, court rules

A three-judge panel sided with Jewish Hospital, charging that the Louisville, Kentucky, institution did not have control over a contracted rad's actions. 

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Private equity firm acquiring one of nation’s largest outpatient imaging providers for $600M

Consolidation continues to spread in radiology, with American Securities reportedly reaching a deal to buy Arizona-based SimonMed, PE Hub reported.

Radiologist salaries slide to $413,000 as specialty among those hit hardest by pandemic

Physicians in imaging saw their pay decrease 3% in 2020 as practices grappled with job losses, reduced hours and fewer patient visits, according to a new salary survey. 

Imaging implications from federal pause of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine rollout

The American College of Radiology alerted members about this issue Friday, steering them to an update recommending CT or MRI as part of the initial workup for patients with rare blood clotting. 

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Radiology practices must transform their wellness strategies to foster ‘post-traumatic growth’ after COVID

Imaging leaders must augment and transform their previous anti-burnout strategies, experts advised. 

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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.