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 groups ‘deeply troubled’ by disparaging comments about doctors of osteopathy

SNMMI is one of the latest to underline its devotion to DOs following disparaging remarks on CNN and MSNBC. 

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Radiologist calls upcoming Medicare cuts ‘unconscionable’ in CNN op-ed, predicting widespread delays

Michael Ulissey, MD, with CDI Women's Centers near Seattle, urged Congress to act before pay reductions take hold Jan. 1. 

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Radiology’s average salary ranks 10th among specialties, with overall physician compensation holding steady

San Francisco-based Doximity surveyed nearly 44,000 U.S. doctors between 2019 and 2020 for its fourth annual Physician Compensation Report.

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USPSTF recommends lowering age for CT colonography screenings, drawing ‘strong’ support from ACR

The Preventative Services Task Force wants to cut the starting age for CTC and other methods by five years, and increase efforts to reach minority populations. 

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81% of practices say revenues still short of pre-pandemic levels, with some on ‘brink’

On average, doc groups are recording a roughly 32% drop in revenue since the pandemic started, according to a new survey. 

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RadNet expands into new state with hospital joint venture, acquisition of 8 imaging centers

Under the deal, the partners will develop a network of new locations through a blend of additional purchases and build-outs. 

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FDA clears Siemens’ intelligent radiography system, plus more radiology vendor news

Also, Dunlee scores its own nod from the Food and Drug Administration, and a new interoperability accomplishment in Denmark. 

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A novel malpractice accusation: How radiologists can respond to alleged ‘lax’ image reading

In one recent case, attorneys extracted a $2 million settlement after arguing a physician spent too little time interpreting CT scans. 

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The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

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.

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.