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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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Renewed optimism that radiologist-supported bill to ease prior authorization could pass by year’s end

The bipartisan bill would simplify how payers process utilization requests in Medicare Advantage and is supported by 500 healthcare organizations and 200-plus lawmakers.

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Academic radiologists earn less than peers in the specialty, but the gap is closing

Docs in private practice earn median total compensation about 27% higher than academics in DR and 32% for IRs. 

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Radiology AI firm Mediaire raises nearly $12.7M in financing

Founded in 2018, the German firm offers a suite of solutions to assist radiologists with interpreting MR images of the brain, prostate and knees. 

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AMA delegates voice concern about radiologists' exposure to ionizing radiation

The American Medical Association House of Delegates on Tuesday approved a resolution urging the organization to step up advocacy efforts on this issue. 

Does placing a patient’s photograph in the EHR influence radiologist behavior?

Economic and psychological studies have shown that seeing an individual’s face can change one's actions—a dynamic relevant to rads who experience minimal patient interaction. 

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33-year-old radiologist father of 4 dies while hiking

James MacDonald, MD, with Oregon Health & Science University, went missing Nov. 6 in the Mount Hood National Forest.  

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Radiologists and other physicians want greater scrutiny around hospitals’ nonprofit status

Docs at the AMA’s Interim Meeting in Orlando, Florida, have voted to support greater oversight of nonprofit hospitals and to standardize charity care policies.  

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RadNet stock surges 20% to all-time high following news of GE HealthCare partnership

Under the “strategic collaboration,” subsidiary DeepHealth and GE will develop solutions that harness AI to address key challenges in radiology. 

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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.

Cardiovascular Business
GE HealthCare moves PET/CT scanner production to United States

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.