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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Rad techs voice support for state bill requiring licensure to perform imaging exams

SB 1281 would establish scope of practice for each modality, set requirements for licensure, determine proper training, and develop standards to improve procedures. 

Long Horn Imaging

Longhorn Imaging partners with AI startup to add full-body MRI at 12 locations

This marks the 12th metro area launch for New York-based Ezra, with the Austin area its “most requested city to date.” 

Dana H. Smetherman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACR, the new CEO of the American College of Radiology (ACR), explains with the ongoing 2024 election, it is very unlikely there will be any serious reform to the Medicare payment system this year. She said further Medicare cuts set for 2025 also further threaten patient access to care.

Meaningful Medicare reform unlikely in 2024

New American College of Radiology CEO Dana Smetherman, MD, discusses the impact of reimbursement cuts, issues with staffing costs and prior authorization. 

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AMA, radiology societies call on Congress to address ‘inexcusable’ physician pay cut

“The current Medicare physician payment system is increasingly unsustainable and the necessary policy reforms can no longer be delayed without severe repercussions," radiologists say. 

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Hologic acquires rival breast care company for $310M, Subtle Medical raises $50M, plus more vendor news

Also, CMS assigns payment for prostate cancer mapping tool, GE HealthCare and Amazon Web Services team on AI apps, and more. 

I-MED Radiology Network

Private equity owner of Australia’s largest radiology firm, which just entered U.S., eyes nearly $2B sale

Earlier this month, I-MED Radiology Network announced it had reached a deal to acquire San Diego-based StatRad, adding $164M in EBITDA.  

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Physician specialists tout ‘big win’ in fight to uphold FTC noncompete clause ban

A Pennsylvania federal judge this week declined to issue an order preliminarily blocking the ban before its Sept. 4 go-live date. 

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3% of interventional radiologists collect 66% of all industry payments—or $40M

Many in this group of high-earning IRs have held hospital leadership positions or authored clinical guidelines, raising questions about potential conflicts of interest. 

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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.