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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Otolaryngology training programs cover radiology services, but lack structure, consistency

Though most otolaryngology residency programs have a radiology curriculum within their residency program, a thorough review of radiology education requirements from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is needed, according to a new study published in JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery.

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Imaging provider ordered to pay $16.2M for Medicare fraud

Imaging provider Orthopaedic and Neuro Imaging (ONI) has been ordered to pay $16.2 million for submitting false claims for Medicare reimbursement. ONI’s owner, Richard Pfarr, is liable for more than $6 million.

Alan Klitzke named new ACNM president

Alan Klitzke, MD, has been named the 47th president of the American College of Nuclear Medicine (ACNM).

Significant issues with radiology suite, infrastructure called out at 2 Canadian labs

Oxygen provided only through portable tanks and inaccessibility to the radiology suite for patients in stretchers or wheelchairs are only a few of the problems faced by two diagnostic laboratories at Thompson General Hospital and Morris General Hospital in Manitoba, Canada.

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Patients with high-risk breast lesions benefit from surgical consultations

Breast biopsies with benign results, or false-positive mammograms, are often listed as a potential harm of breast cancer screening. But some benign biopsies still reveal high-risk lesions, meaning the patients are at an increased risk of developing breast cancer. Subsequent screening adherence is important for those patients, according to new study published in Radiology, and there is additional value in those patients undergoing a surgical consultation.

In postmenopausal women with normal BMI, high body fat levels linked to increased breast cancer risk

High body fat levels are associated with an increased breast cancer risk among postmenopausal women with a normal boxy mass index (BMI), according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s “Obesity and Cancer: Mechanisms Underlying Etiology and Outcomes” conference.

Recent concussion could keep Rob Gronkowski out of Super Bowl

The National Football League’s concussion protocol has been the source of controversy this year, and now it could play a key role in the biggest game of the season, Super Bowl LII.

Radiologist with colon cancer tours Tesla factory, meets Elon Musk

Radiologist Matthew Chan, MD, of Sacramento, California, was recently diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer and is expected to live less than six months. Thanks to one of Chan’s close friends and the power of social media, Chan was able to tour a Tesla factory and meet company co-founder Elon Musk.

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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.