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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Women still struggling to score senior radiology faculty roles, despite matching male peers’ productivity

That's according to a new analysis out of imaging leader Johns Hopkins, published in Academic Radiology. 

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Paltry low-dose CT lung cancer screening numbers signal need for population health strategy shift

Cancer experts from China detailed some of their possible fixes in a recently published JAMA Network Open study. 

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American Board of Radiology ditching Illinois office months after inking long-term lease

ABR had planned to relocate its testing facilities to the Chicago suburbs, with a rental pact stretching through 2032, but never got to make the move. 

COVID lockdown reopening

Patients’ 6 most important considerations when returning for postponed elective imaging

About 68% of consumers said they felt delays in imaging care had little to no impact on their health, according to a new survey. 

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Private radiology practice lands $100M investment from dialysis giant Fresenius to fuel rapid growth

Dayton Interventional Radiology aims to reduce out-of-pocket expenses by providing imaging-guided procedures at Medicaid reimbursement rates. 

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Physician lawmakers try new approach to shield radiology from millions in Medicare cuts

Bipartisan members of the U.S. House recently introduced their “Holding Providers Harmless from Medicare Cuts During COVID-19 Act.”

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Charges dropped after radiologist senator briefly faces arrest warrant over campaign yard signs

Authorities initially cited Sen. Mike Maroney for violating a little-known law requiring individuals to specify their academic degree on such materials. 

Price shopping transparency

CMS finalizes rule requiring insurers to disclose negotiated rates for radiology, other ‘shoppable’ services

The initial list covers 500 such offerings running from CT scans of the head and brain, down to foot and ankle x-rays. 

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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.