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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Imaging disrupter Nanox nabs $59M in new funding ahead of possible public offering

Officials said Tuesday that they'll use the funds to support the rollout of their low-cost imaging system, the Nanox.ARC.

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Statute of limitations derails family’s malpractice claim against Florida radiologist, Mednax affiliate

Stacey Castro originally sued in 2015 claiming she received "negligent" medical care and changed the complaint last year to add her three minor children as co-parties in the suit.

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Subspecialists must maintain general radiology skill set ahead of future crises, experts say

In larger academic medical centers, it is common for radiologists to spend entire careers never deviating from their narrow expertise, physicians wrote in Clinical Imaging. 

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How one hospital radiology department dropped CT procedure turnaround time by 78%

Emory Healthcare used Lean Six Sigma methods to dramatically improve its processes, experts detailed in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 

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State watch: Georgia adopts surprise medical billing law; NY providers fight liability shield pullback

Plus, radiologic technologists strike in California, and Maine looks to grant physician assistants more authority. 

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Interventional radiology taking on a more prominent role in hospitals during the pandemic

That’s been the case at two academic medical centers in Chicago and Tucson, Arizona, where such physicians have accounted for a greater share of both procedural volume and gross charges.

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HHS officially extends COVID-19 public health emergency declaration

The American College of Radiology and other provider groups had advocated for the renewal, which has several implications for physicians.

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Hospital giant launches at-home COVID care program that includes radiology services

Northwell Health is sending mobile machines to patients' homes to obtain chest x-rays and, if necessary, referring consumers to outpatient facilities for CT or ultrasound testing. 

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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.