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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RadNet inks imaging center joint-venture partnership with hospital giant Adventist Health

The pact includes the Los Angeles-based imaging firm taking over management of the Nancy Reagan Breast Center in Simi Valley, California. 

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Radiologist Scott Atlas’ ‘junk science’ takes White House center stage to dismay of Fauci, others

That’s according to a high-profile report based on interviews with dozens of administration officials. 

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Lack of Medicare coverage for CT colonography dragging down screenings, with Black patients hit harder

The number of CTC exams plummets by an average of 6.9% per year of age after 65, researchers reported in JACR.

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Siemens Healthineers clears key hurdle in $16.4B acquisition of cancer tech company Varian

Shareholders for the Palo Alto, California-based firm recently gave their "overwhelming" approval to the deal. 

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The 5 most common mistakes to avoid in radiology quality improvement projects

Hubris is the fundamental failure of most such endeavors, Stanford imaging experts wrote in JACR. 

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Tower Radiology forms partnership in Tampa; practice acquired in Washington, plus more company news

Also, Collaborative Imaging adds another practice to its growing roster of independent radiologists. 

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Radiology department uses a systems-based approach to reduce unscheduled imaging orders by 49%

Harvard experts recently detailed their System for Coordinating Orders for Radiology Exams, or SCORE, in JACR. 

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Radiology extenders significantly improve routine chest radiograph throughput at one Ivy League imaging department

This role has created controversy in some circles, but experts with the Perelman School of Medicine say extenders make business sense, when deployed strategically. 

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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.