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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Fujifilm eyes purchase of Hitachi’s imaging business for $1.5B

The Tokyo-based company hopes to add scale to better compete with the top global players in imaging. 

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Repeal of controversial $20B medical device tax may be imminent

Foes of the tax applauded the proposed spending bill on Tuesday, Dec. 17, urging lawmakers to “cross the finish line.” 

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New protocol helps breast cancer patients avoid unnecessary surgery

“This would be a major step toward improving quality of life for patients with breast cancer," said lead investigator Henry Kuerer, MD, PhD. 

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3 reasons why radiology leaders need to be on Twitter or risk falling behind

Radiology program directors must build an active presence or risk putting their institutions at a “distinct disadvantage," experts wrote in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

80% of healthcare pros believe AI is reducing burnout, survey finds

Artificial intelligence may help to inject more humanity back into the medical profession, despite concerns that it may make medicine colder and more sterile. 

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New proposal to address surprise medical bills met more favorably by radiologists, hospitals

The House Ways & Means Committee has introduced a new policy framework to address unexpected IOUs for medical care, an issue that has drawn ire from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. 

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Breast cancer patients on Medicare and Medicaid at higher risk of death

That’s according to a new study of nearly 10,000 women, presented Thursday, Dec. 12, at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. 

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AI tool that merges breast images could ‘radically improve’ cancer care

Researchers with the University of Auckland recently scored a $1 million grant to advance their research, which is nearing clinical use. 

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Health Imaging
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.

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.