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.

Malpractice, emotional fears fuel radiologists’ hesitancy in using RadPeer

The clinical tool has facilitated 41 million reviews since its inception, but some doctors are still concerned about being punished for their mistakes, according to a new study. 

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FDA approves clinical trial for ‘missing link’ imaging agent aimed at faster MS diagnosis

Myeliviz is administered by IV prior to a PET scan, and could allow clinicians to more easily diagnose and track the autoimmune disease.  

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Silicon Valley tech company, imaging practices merge to ‘change the face of radiology’

Halo Diagnostics announced Jan. 30 that it’s teaming up with several California providers in a bid to take the speciality "to the next level."

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Radiologists must play central role in clearing EVALI confusion, experts argue

Scientists are still uncertain about the exact cause of this outbreak, but imaging experts will be crucial to closing any knowledge gaps, according to a new Radiology analysis. 

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What radiologists need to know about the deadly coronavirus outbreak

With the disease now making its way to U.S. shores, clinicians will need to remain vigilant for this new indication, health officials said. 

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Radiologist spared in malpractice claim, but bungling lawyer now owes client $1.2M

Steven Hughes, MD, was compelled to testify, helping prove that Della Gallegos could have won the case, had her attorney filed it in a timely manner. 

Cancer bell being rung by VA patient Anthony Thomas at Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital. Read more https://news.va.gov/90427/cancer-patients-final-treatment-ends-victory-bell/

Experts say it may be time to stop ringing the ‘cancer bell’

This common gesture is meant to signal joy at the end of treatment, but it's producing the opposite effect for some oncology patients, according to a recent survey. 

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Physician practice leaders ‘alarmed’ by skyrocketing cost of prior authorization policies

A new analysis estimates that the price tag for radiologists and other specialties to manually generate a prior authorization increased 60% between 2018 and 2019. 

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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.