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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‘Lockdowns kill people’: Radiologist and White House COVID advisor Scott Atlas blasts colleagues

The neuroradiologist and fellow of Stanford’s Hoover Institution labeled fellow coronavirus counselor Anthony Fauci a "political animal" in a recent interview. 

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Pulmonary nodules following a lung transplant require ‘aggressive’ diagnostic evaluation, experts caution

Henry Ford providers recently detailed the rare case of a 70-year-old woman who developed a large nodule four years after the procedure.

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Envision inks in-network radiology deal with Humana, Akumin’s Q3 earnings, plus more company news

Also, Irish teleradiology leader sells for almost $19 million, SimonMed's latest partnership, and New Jersey practice changes its name. 

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Top nuclear imaging group ‘strongly disagrees’ with Humana’s decision to refuse coverage for PET/CT

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging said the move denies patients access to potentially lifesaving technologies.

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Radiology among 74 medical groups pressing politicians to protect providers from ‘devastating’ pay cuts

ACR, SNMMI and others voiced their support this week for the “Holding Providers Harmless from Medicare Cuts During COVID-19 Act."

Private radiology practices band together to raise $800,000 for imaging research

Strategic Radiology said the funds will go toward RSNA’s Research and Education Foundation, underwriting 20 annual grant opportunities. 

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Having a patient’s detailed clinical history improves radiologists’ diagnostic imaging interpretation

Accessing such info prior to reading scans is debated among medical circles, amid concerns that it could bias physicians. 

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American Medical Association releases new CPT codes to report COVID-19 vaccinations

AMA said it’s rolling out this info before any drug is available so that practices can prepare their EHRs ahead of time. 

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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.