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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Size matters: How one large radiology provider is using scale to solve the value equation

Leaders at Radiology Partners recently detailed how they’re harnessing their considerable reach to improve care delivery. 

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Radiology provider launches investigation, notifies patients after hackers infiltrate PACS

Northeast Radiology said the breach first occurred back in January, with “unauthorized” individuals gaining access to 29 patients’ personal information. 

RadNet canceling nonessential travel, implementing new center protocols in response to COVID-19

The Los Angeles-based imaging giant has also revised sick leave policies and encouraged its 8,000 employees to work from home, where possible, to limit exposure. 

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Teleradiology firm launches ‘first of its kind’ coronavirus screening program

USARad said it’s mobilizing a network of chest CT-trained rads to diagnose and consult patients with COVID-19. 

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CT should not be used as first-line tool against coronavirus, ACR warns following pandemic declaration

The American College of Radiology is urging physicians to only deploy computed tomography sparingly, given concerns about specificity and infection control. 

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4 ways radiology leaders must manage staff differently during the coronavirus outbreak

One group of imaging veterans said managers must not lose sight of the “people” aspect of their response, as this situation continues to unfold.

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Radiologists should consider unionizing to counter specialty’s corporate takeover, expert says

Taking this step would come with numerous obstacles, but it’s certainly worth weighing, argues professor and neuroradiologist Arvind Vijayasarathi, MD, MBA, MPH. 

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Radiology Partners teams with nonprofit to deliver imaging services in underserved communities

The El Segundo, California-based imaging giant said it soon plans to begin working with Rad-Aid International, targeting low- and middle-income geographies that lack access to healthcare. 

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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.