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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Radiology department bolsters staff knowledge on LGBTQ care with simple intervention

Dozens of team members have now taken part and they’re beginning to see results, according to a new Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology study. 

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Philips partners with OpenDoctor to offer radiology patient self-scheduling, plus more vendor news

Also, FDA clears Siemens' new PET/CT scanner, Varian CEO stepping down, and vRad scores its 23rd patent. 

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CEO of private equity-backed Center for Diagnostic Imaging stepping down after 6 years

Kim Tzoumakas, 21st Century Oncology's former chief exec, is assuming the role and plans to guide the radiology firm through its next growth phase.

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Radiologists grab majority share of growing lumbar puncture market, with more on the horizon

Imaging practices must determine how they will meet this "growing clinical need," including beefing up equipment and personnel, experts advised.

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RadNet logs ‘record’ fourth quarter, buoyed by 3D mammo expansion, improved reimbursement

The Los Angeles-based operator has revised its investor guidance for 2021 to account for the rosier picture amid lifting COVID restrictions. 

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Google search trends help predict imaging demand among Medicare beneficiaries

Others have used the tech giant’s index of popular search terms to forecast everything from the stock market to disease outbreaks.

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Radiologist accused of misreading MRI—resulting in $18M settlement—says he met standard of care

Travis Clark, MD, and Seattle Radiologists described the patient's injuries as “unfortunate," but testimony from three imaging experts backed the accused clinician’s claims, attorneys said.

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Weighing whether to work for a venture capital-backed radiology practice

Corporate employment can offer physicians or doc groups benefits such as eliminating administrative and back-office concerns, but also headaches. 

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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.