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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Flagship hospital’s mammography program still shuttered more than a year after controversy

House lawmakers ordered inspections at the medical center in 2019 amid reports the facility was struggling to notify patients after breast imaging. 

Scaling up radiology resources could avert 9.5M deaths while saving trillions, global imaging leaders charge

The finding is part of a groundbreaking new report supported by more than two dozen worldwide leaders in cancer care. 

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Radiology lost $627M in anticipated Medicare payment during 2020’s first half

Across all physician types, the cumulative decrease in spending totaled $9.4 billion, the American Medical Association reported. 

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New pulmonary embolism approach could substantially reduce imaging overuse

The pretest probability score produced false-negative rates below 1% and dropped imaging use by about 20%, according to a new JAMA Cardiology study. 

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Radiology department busts imaging backlog by letting patients schedule their own exams

UCSF patients have arranged almost 5,000 exams on their own across six imaging centers, saving more than 400 hours of scheduler time. 

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CMS finally relents after decade of not covering PET imaging for infection, inflammation

It was back in 2008 that the federal agency decided not to reimburse for this exam, citing scant evidence at the time. 

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Nanox in direct contact with FDA reviewers as startup negotiates approval of novel imaging system

The Israel-based firm has been working for months to gain clearance for technology it believes will disrupt radiology with a fresh take on legacy X-ray scans. 

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Breast radiologists reporting high levels of psychological distress during the pandemic

Such struggles persisted across all demographic groups, with young and/or female physicians hit hardest, according to a new survey.

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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.