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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Rise in radiologists practicing under private equity warrants further investigation, experts say

This trend comes at a time when Congress is scrutinizing investors' role in care delivery as part of an effort to rein in surprise medical bills. 

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From Exam Room to Private Office: Meet 5 Techs Who Completed the Climb

We sought out a handful of radiology executives, directors and managers who started out as radiologic technologists. They share their stories, talk about radiology’s present challenges and offer tips for today’s techs hoping to become tomorrow’s leaders.

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5 steps every radiology department should take to safeguard against coronavirus

In a new Journal of the American College of Radiology review, imaging experts outlined important infection control measures that every institution must consider. 

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CMS approves 3 new radiology quality measures in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System

These measures were developed by a working group of clinicians and provide radiologists with a new opportunity to score incentives, officials said. 

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Radiologists are wasting too much time communicating routine results over the phone

That’s one of the key takeaways from a new analysis of radiologist interaction in one large emergency department. 

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House committees break logjam, setting up ‘showdown’ on surprise billing

Lawmakers have advanced two differing legislative proposals to address this issue, with one drawing favor from radiologists and other specialties. 

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RADPAC raised $1M in 2019, placing radiology near the top in contributions

The ACR Association's political action committee surpassed this dollar mark for the ninth consecutive year in a row, officials noted. 

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Open Spaces Everywhere and Not a Rad in Sight

Rural U.S. populations often suffer poor access to healthcare services. The cracks many patients fall through are not the fault of radiology per se. However, researchers and rural radiologists agree that much imaging ground must be gained if location-based disparities are to be cut down to size.

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The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

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.

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.