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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Radiology accounts for the 2nd most IDR payment determinations under the No Surprises Act

Emergency medicine services accounted for the majority at 59%, followed by radiology at 14%, according to new data from CMS released Thursday. 

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Northwest Radiologists joins growing coalition of independent, private radiology practices

The 20-physician organization is the second Washington group to join Strategic Radiology following in the footsteps of Skagit Radiology in Mount Vernon. 

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American College of Radiology asks CMS to create new alternative payment pathway for high-value AI

ACR’s June comments come in response to the 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule released by CMS in April. 

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Insurers eventually approve most denials, though payer-mandated changes may be compromising care

Across over 200 radiation therapy denials at a single institution, 98% eventually led to the delivery of RT with delays sometimes as long as 49 days. 

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Radiologists among top specialists with wealth over $5M. How are they spending it?

About 31% of radiologists surveyed said they have attained this level of income, placing the specialty in a tie for No. 2 with gastroenterology. 

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Biden administration proposes banning medical bills from credit reports

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau also wants to stop credit reporting companies from sharing medical debt information with lenders, among other changes. 
 

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Congress reintroduces radiologist-supported bill aimed at curbing prior authorization

Over 370 organizations support the legislation including the American College of Radiology, Society of Interventional Radiology and the Association of Academic Radiology. 

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Cancer diagnosis rates rising faster among Gen X than previous generations

The trend may partially be attributable to radiologic diagnoses becoming more common following “widespread deployment of sophisticated imaging technologies." 

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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.

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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.