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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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Rayus Radiology launches whole-body MRI service in Seattle, SimonMed expands, RadNet touts legislation, plus more company news

Also, Envision names new general counsel, RBMA recognizes imaging leaders, practice experiences data breach, an $857M merger deal Down Under and more. 

Volume of interventional radiology procedures performed by nurse practitioners surges 143%

Physician assistants also handled a growing share of treatments, with their tally increasing nearly 67% between 2010 and 2021. 

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Mammography Positioning Improvement Collaborative records dramatic gains in breast image quality

Poor patient positioning can lead to undetected cancer cases and increased costs due to the need for repeat exams, experts detailed in JACR.  

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Radiologists, thoracic surgeons urge CMS to make millions more eligible for lung cancer screening

Enacting the requested modifications would make about 5 million more Americans eligible for LCS while saving about 21% more lives. 

I-MED Radiology Network

Private equity-backed I-MED, Australia’s largest imaging provider, enters US with teleradiology acquisition

The company is acquiring San Diego-based StatRad, which employs 90-plus radiologists in the States, reading for hundreds of clients every day. 

Merit Medical Systems Fred P. Lampropoulos

Interventional radiology vendor Merit Medical announces $105M acquisition

Based in South Jordan, Utah, the company is purchasing rights to the EsophyX Z+ device from EndoGastric Solutions, adding $30M in annual revenue. 

Prenuvo MRI Sollis Health

Cindy Crawford-backed startup Prenuvo launches clinical trial to assess impact of whole-body MRI

Led by radiologist Yosef Chodakiewitz, MD, Project Hercules aims to enroll 100,000 adults, with a focus on medically underserved populations. 

ChatGPT large language AI radiology patient information

Image-interpretation market scoreboard: Radiologists 72%, others 28%

Radiologists interpret almost all imaging studies generated in hospital settings for indications other than cardiac concerns.

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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.