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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Nonphysician providers are interpreting more imaging exams—but still less than 2%

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants have started performing more and more imaging-guided procedures, but what about diagnostic imaging interpretations?

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AMA highlights 9 female physicians, including a New York radiologist

The American Medical Association (AMA) has written about nine women, including a radiologist from New York City, who are working to make an impact for the next generation of female physicians.

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ASRT announces plans to celebrate centennial in 2020

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT), first founded in 1920, has announced how it plans to celebrate the association's centennial in 2020.

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ACR selected to train ‘B Reader’ physicians for government program

The American College of Radiology (ACR) Education Center has been chosen by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to train qualified physicians to identify signs of pneumoconiosis in chest x-rays.

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Healthcare groups outline 7 policy recommendations for surprise medical bill legislation

Prominent healthcare organizations, including the American College of Radiology (ACR) and American Medical Association (AMA), have asked Congress to consider certain policy recommendations during its push to protect patients from surprise medical bills.  

Strategic Radiology hires new director of membership development

Strategic Radiology has announced that Dan Schriger, a veteran of the medical imaging industry, is the company’s new director of membership development.

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Imaging may not always be necessary for women experiencing breast pain

Women regularly undergo imaging examinations because they are experiencing breast pain. If there are no other symptoms, however, imaging may not be necessary, according to new findings published in the Journal of Breast Imaging.

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Public health investigation yields connection between vaping, severe lung disease

Researchers have used imaging findings to establish a connection between the use of e-cigarettes and severe pulmonary disease, sharing their findings in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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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.