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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CMS grants radiologists a reprieve from quality payment programs due to COVID-19

As part of the action, federal officials said they’re extending the deadline to submit 2019 MIPS data to April 30. 

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Newest radiology residents celebrate Match Day virtually during pandemic

Friday marked a glorious occasion for aspiring radiologists, but for many the merriment was muted because of restrictions on large gatherings.

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Radiologists, other docs implore feds to bolster dwindling personal protective equipment supplies

A recent poll from the Medical Group Management Association found that a staggering 89% of practice leaders are facing a shortage of such PPE. 

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Imaging providers earned $2B in one year from screening women in their 40s for breast cancer

As the debate rages on as to whether women should receive routine breast cancer screenings before 50, researchers have put a price tag to the practice. 

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One of the nation’s largest hospital systems says it’s canceling all nonurgent imaging

Missouri-based Mercy said that, as it braces for an influx of patients from the pandemic, pushing back any nonessential radiology procedures is the next step in its preparations. 

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5 steps to right-size your approach to coronavirus diagnosis, avoid overcalling

Two radiology professors with the University of Pennsylvania are offering advice to physicians navigating uncertainty when using chest CT for COVID-19. 

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American Cancer Society joins chorus advocating for delay of routine radiology screenings

The group noted that officials across the country are urging individuals to stay at home, where possible, and nonurgent imaging is no exception. 

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ACR asks Congress to protect radiology practices from double-whammy of COVID-19, costly policy change

The American College of Radiology and 29 other healthcare trade groups implored lawmakers to stop any further financial harm to their members. 

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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.