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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Interventional radiology’s $68.4B inpatient footprint underscores ‘bedrock’ role in chasing the Triple Aim

IR docs treat about 1 in every 10 U.S. inpatients and with a sicker population sample, account for nearly one-fifth of all healthcare costs, according to a new analysis. 

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Common service costs $100K less when delivered by an interventional radiologist, underlining subspecialty’s value

Operating room and anesthesia use were the biggest drivers of this pay gap with surgeons, experts wrote in Radiology. 

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Median radiologist pay at more than $509,000, climbing faster than docs’ productivity gains

The gap between pay hikes and RVU gains was more pronounced across the entire provider population in the survey, a trend that warrants scrutiny, AMGA reported. 

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Choosing Wisely alone not enough to drop low-value imaging of clogged neck arteries

That’s according to the results of a new investigation of value at the Veterans Affairs Health System, published in JAMA Network Open.

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How a Texas radiology department dropped wait times for one procedure by 22%

UT Southwestern was able to vastly improve throughput for the placement of infusion ports while also increasing patient volumes. 

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CMS’ move to abolish ‘valley of death’ between FDA approval, Medicare imaging coverage draws praise

The proposed "Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology" pathway would bolster both innovation and patient outcomes, industry lobbyists said. 

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Walmart continues its push into imaging with 5th retail health center and plans for more

Located about 40 miles southwest of Atlanta, the “state-of-the-art” facility offers services including x-ray and diagnostics, primary care, labs and dental. 

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Radiology can reduce CT lung cancer screening false positives by tackling these 2 factors

Harvard Medical School experts analyzed years of data to pinpoint reasons for mistakes in their own LCS program. 

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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.