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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Lack of reimbursement hindering AI adoption, American College of Radiology warns Congress

Determining how to reimburse for healthcare artificial intelligence is likely to be a “complex policy challenge,” CEO William T. Thorwarth Jr., MD, wrote May 6. 

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Woman who falsely claimed to be a registered tech now owes ARRT over $50,000

In December 2022, the registry filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Lemesha Cannon, accusing her of knowingly and intentionally misusing trademarks to obtain employment. 

Behavioral ‘nudges’ significantly increase adherence to regular mammography screening

Penn Medicine experts conducted two randomized clinical trials, with women receiving text message reminders, bulk orders or letters endorsed by their PCP. 

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Delay in sale of 9-state multispecialty radiology provider spurs Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing

The decision is "a direct consequence of Wall Street private equity vultures looting our healthcare system,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. 

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Patients miss nearly 24% of outpatient imaging appointments, with most due to cancellation

Patients who are younger, unwed, live in disadvantaged neighborhoods, or lack adequate insurance are more likely to miss their exams.  

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Texas Radiology Associates CEO Mark Kalmar takes home RBMA’s top award

Meanwhile, ARA Diagnostic Imaging's Stacy Sanso received the President’s Award while Central Oregon Radiology Associates' Jamie Dyer took home the Young Professional Award. 

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Radiologists celebrate ‘partial victory’ in fight over payment for key CT service

Medicare Administrative Contractors have “consistently denied coverage" for CT cerebral perfusion analysis, used to assess for signs of stroke. 

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Wife of radiologist who drove family off a cliff asks for his charges to be dismissed

Dharmesh Patel is on trial for three counts of attempted murder—one for each of the passengers in his vehicle when he plunged it down a 250-foot cliff.

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The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

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.

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.