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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94% of patients at high risk for lung cancer failed to undergo LDCT screening

Out of about 8 million Americans in this patient population, only 5.7% underwent low-dose computed tomography in 2019, according to a new analysis. 

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ACR experts advising President’s Cancer Panel on boosting breast imaging numbers post-COVID-19

Reduced access to mammography and other services may "exacerbate already significant disparities," Chief Research Officer Etta Pisano, MD, said.

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Center for Diagnostic Imaging enters new market with acquisition of 8 outpatient radiology centers

Leaders with the growing practice said they’ll continue to seek further deals in the near term, focusing on “high quality providers in attractive markets.” 

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Low-dose CT lung cancer screening adherence rates may be even worse than reported

Rates varied dramatically, falling as low as 12% and high as 91%, according to a new analysis published in JAMA Network Open. 

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Radiology can serve as a ‘force’ to steer conversation on world’s fastest growing social media app

Around since 2017, TikTok has skyrocketed in popularity, with more than 500M active users and 1B downloads. Yet, few in the imaging community actually use it. 

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Radiologist trainees prevail in 69% of rare malpractice cases brought against them

Radiology litigation most frequently involved alleged misdiagnoses or procedural complications, Emory University experts wrote in JACR. 

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41% of radiologists separated from at least one practice recently, underscoring specialty’s growing mobility

Imaging experts are concerned this trend could potentially stifle innovation and entrepreneurship among the physician workforce. 

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UnitedHealthcare’s revised CT payment policy ‘threatens’ the patient-physician relationship, advocates warn

The nation’s largest commercial insurer—covering some 70 million Americans—first implemented its imaging reimbursement update in the spring, drawing concern from the field. 

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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.