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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Hologic recalling breast care devices after 71 injuries, FDA says

UPDATED: The alert pertains to the BioZorb and BioZorb LP radiographic markers, implanted in soft tissue to indicate the site for radiation therapy or other medical procedures. 

'Too many cooks in the kitchen': How AI is both helpful and a hindrance to radiologists

Recent research suggests that, in many cases, radiologist performance only improves minimally with AI assistance.

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Aetna declines to modify payment policy despite pleas from radiology societies

ACR, the Society of Interventional Radiology and others believe these restrictions will force patients to consider problematic alternatives for their back pain, such as opioids. 
 

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Radiology provider joins growing number of institutions refusing to accept Medicare Advantage

“Medicare Advantage undermines my expertise as a physician and disregards my patients’ unique medical needs," said radiation oncologist Todd E. Hlavaty, MD. 

Eli Lilly

Eli Lilly inks deal worth over $1.1B to develop new radiopharmaceuticals

The Indianapolis-based drugmaker can hit the hefty total by reaching certain clinical, regulatory and commercial milestones.

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Giving patients access to their medical imaging could improve health literacy

However, medical image sharing could also produce an influx of questions from patients who have concerns about what they're looking at, authors of a new paper suggest.

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House committee advances key legislation to strengthen pay for diagnostic imaging agents

The FIND Act is supported by several industry stakeholders including ACR and the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging. 

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Private equity-backed urology practice enters interventional radiology with new outpatient center

Central Ohio Urology is working with Prostate Centers USA, a Virginia-based IR group that operates a network of locations across several states. 

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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.