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 residency program directors associate combined MD-PhD degrees with inferior clinical performance

A small percentage of radiology residents have a combined MD-PhD degree. What do the individuals managing residency programs think of this trend? How do they perceive MD-PhD residents overall?

2018 SBI/ACR Breast Imaging Symposium headed to Las Vegas

The Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) is working with the American College of Radiology (ACR) to host its annual Breast Imaging Symposium April 12-15 in Las Vegas.

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PET imaging agent IDs lung cancer mutation, helps match patients with drug therapy

Individuals dealing with a diagnosis of lung cancer want answers more than, “wait and see.” Recent research shows a new PET scan-compatible imaging agent will be able to detect a specific mutation in nonsmall cell lung cancer.

Managing the FY modifier: CMS clarifies position on new DR policy

In its latest quarterly update, CMS answered a key question related to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, which included language that incentivized imaging providers to upgrade computed radiography (CR) equipment to digital radiography (DR).

Concussion expert wants boxing banned, says punt returns should be removed from football

A leading concussion expert wants boxing to be banned altogether due to the significant damage boxers do to one another. And while he doesn’t want football to go anywhere, he thinks players would be much safer if punt returns were removed from the game.

ASRT elects 4 officers to its board of directors

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) announced Friday, March 9, the election of four officers who will serve on its 2019-2019 ASRT Board of Directors.

Illinois medical center installs $4.9M in new imaging technology

Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal, Illinois, has installed $4.9 million in new imaging equipment with a focus on improving the overall patient experience and reducing radiation dose.

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CCTA utilization for ED patients with acute chest pain is up, but MPI still more common

Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) has been found to be more efficient than myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for emergency department (ED) patients presenting with acute chest pain, but many physicians are still turning to MPI, according to a study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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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.