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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Radiologist predicts ‘sea change’ in specialty after COVID-19, with many docs reading from home

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, more provider organizations appear to be joining the bandwagon to let radiologists telecommute. 

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Senator proposes liability shield to protect radiologists, other docs from ‘plague of lawsuits’ during pandemic

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., said his ‘‘Facilitating Innovation to Fight Coronavirus Act’’ would help to limit malpractice claims made against doctors and nurses treating COVID-19 patients. 

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Ohio hospital’s longtime director of radiology dies from coronavirus

Wexner Medical Center imaging leader Jeannie Danker, 60, passed in late March due to complications from COVID-19. 

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CARES Act gives more radiology practices a shot at small business loans

Following its passage, the stimulus bill revises eligibility criteria for Small Business Administration loan programs while also offering new allowable uses, officials said. 

American Board of Radiology postponing more exams due to coronavirus

The doc-certification group said diagnostic radiology testing slated to start in May will, instead, be shelved until November.  

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CMS speeds up radiologist payment to calm cash flow concerns during pandemic

The advanced and accelerated payment offering applies to all docs who accept Medicare, and is part of the recently signed CARES Act. 

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ACR ‘pleased’ with $2T coronavirus relief act, awaits further guidance for beleaguered radiology practices

In a statement sent to Radiology Business, the college said it looks forward to “swift regulatory action” that will spell out how imaging practices and hospitals can apply for relief.

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Radiology practice pausing debt collections to ease patient anxiety during COVID-19 outbreak

Physician-owned TRA Medical Imaging said the policy change will take effect immediately and apply across all of its managed locations. 

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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.

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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.