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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ACR scores $341K grant to help close the loop on cancer diagnosis

Funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation will assist the college in developing a measure to ensure that cancer patients aren’t slipping through the cracks. 

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Agfa announces plans to sell its EHR line for more than $1B

Clinical healthcare software firm Dedalus has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Agfa’s ORBIS EHR line and other related integrated-care products. 

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After legislative push, last national payer holdout commits to covering DBT

Assistant Secretary of Defense Thomas McCaffery recently confirmed this TRICARE change in a letter to members of Congress. 

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‘The days of unfettered wholesale imaging are over,’ radiology expert says

The chief of the Journal of the American College of Radiology recently made that declaration in a new editorial released on Thursday, Dec. 5.

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Surprise medical billing proposals could have ‘devastating unintended consequences’ on small radiology practices

Almost 900 docs spelled out those qualms in a sharply worded letter to U.S. House and Senate leaders sent Thursday, Dec. 5. 

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Philips inks $50M ‘long-term strategic partnership’ with New Jersey hospital system

With the agreement, Inspira Health plans to standardize diagnostic technology across its dozen-plus facilities, including three hospitals. 

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Misinterpretation of scans the leading cause of radiologist malpractice claims, analysis finds

That’s according to an analysis of nearly 600 malpractice claims against radiologists closed between 2013 and 2018, released by the Doctor's Company on Tuesday Dec. 3. 

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Permanent hair dyes may increase breast cancer risk by as much as 60% for some women

Researchers with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences recently made that discovery by analyzing data from almost 47,000 individuals. 

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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.