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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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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Millions of unscheduled imaging exams may be slipping through the cracks each year

Researchers recently studied this phenomenon at one academic institution, and their findings could have widespread implications across radiology.

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Conservative groups launch ad blitz to stop surprise medical billing proposal opposed by radiologists

The “Coalition Against Rate-Setting,” launched in January, wants to bury bipartisan legislation proposed to address this issue. 

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Expanding health insurance produced more traffic at radiology practices, less late-stage cancer

Researchers from Pitt Public Health recently made this discovery after scouring through data following Massachusetts' expansion of coverage in 2006. 

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London investment firm acquiring radiology vendor Intelerad for $500M-plus

Hg Capital has invested about $1 billion in the healthcare technology sector to date, including the Montreal, Quebec, imaging software provider.

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Insurance status a key clue in closing racial, economic breast cancer treatment gaps

Whether a woman is uninsured or covered by Medicaid could prove crucial to improving outcomes in minority populations, researchers wrote recently in JAMA Oncology

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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.