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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Senators advance ACR-supported bill to prevent suicide and burnout among physicians

“Because of the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, lives have been saved and livelihoods have been protected," ACR wrote recently. 

Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon

Governor forces radiologist to resign from state board of medicine over support for trans care ban

Frederick “Eric” Cubin, MD, of Casper Medical Imaging served on the legislative body until April 29, though his term wasn't set to expire until 2028. 

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Association of University Radiologists announces name change

The organization will now go by the Association of Academic Radiology after members voted on the switch at the society’s annual meeting in April. 

How will Medicare pay for imaging AI? Health policy experts offer 3 suggestions

“The existing fee-for-service payment system is not well suited for these services," researchers detailed Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine. 

Radiologists and emergency physicians agree: Imaging overuse in the ED is an ongoing problem

The issue particularly pertains to CT overuse, with several factors driving up ordering numbers, according to recently published survey data. 

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Bipartisan group of senators reveals plan to address physician shortages. Will radiology benefit?

Members of the Finance Committee plan to “expand and improve” the distribution of Medicare-supported residency training positions in rural areas and “specialties in shortage.”

Solis Mammography

Private equity-backed Solis Mammography touts latest center acquisition

The Addison, Texas-based provider is purchasing the Mammography and Ultrasound Imaging Center in Gainesville, Florida, adding to its growing number of locations. 

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Offering evening, weekend hours could increase compliance with breast cancer screening recommendations

This is especially true among women younger than 50 and who live in areas considered more socioeconomically disadvantaged, according to new data.

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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.