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.

Practice managers demand ‘immediate action’ on physician Medicare pay cut
The Medical Group Management Association made its demands in a letter to newly appointed leaders in the U.S. House and Senate sent Tuesday.
Interventional radiologists across the globe agree: Specialty must increase awareness
Researchers recently fielded the survey, hoping to collect information about the state of IR practice and factors that impact access.
Payment incentives fail to push physicians toward MRI surveillance of low-risk prostate cancer
BCBS of Michigan has sought to push urologists away from aggressive treatment for low-risk cancer, offering a payment perk to shift their approach.
Reimbursement update: What hospitals need to know about new Medicare payments for cardiac CT
CMS finalized a significant policy change when it increased the Medicare payments hospitals receive for performing CCTA exams. What, exactly, does the update mean for cardiologists, billing specialists and other hospital employees?
Practice acquisition will create 1 of the largest teleradiology groups in the US
Phoenix-based OnRad Inc. is acquiring competitor Direct Radiology from Royal Philips for an undisclosed sum, seeking to bolster recruitment and pursue operational efficiencies.

Change Healthcare Announces Strategic Relationship with Google Cloud

Companies to collaborate on next-generation enterprise imaging solutions.

November 28, 2017

RSNA 2017: Ehman stresses innovation, invention in radiology in opening remarks

In his opening address at RSNA 2017 in Chicago, Richard Ehman, MD, encouraged attendees to continue to support the culture of innovation and invention, with the ultimate goal of transforming radiology to better serve patients.

November 27, 2017

RSNA 2017: MACRA is ‘colossal pain in the butt' but not a practice killer

David Levin, MD, professor and chairman emeritus of the radiology department at Jefferson Medical College and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, asked a simple question with his Nov. 26 presentation at RSNA 2017: Will the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) and the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) kill your radiology practice?

November 22, 2017

Rodeo becomes unlikely contributor to hospital’s mammography machine

The 2017 Poway Rodeo donated $3,500 to The Palomar Health Jean McLaughlin Women’s Center, becoming an unlikely contributor to the center’s effort to purchase a 3D mammogram machine.

November 21, 2017

Risk-based mammographic screening would delay detection of many breast cancers

Specialists agree that having either a family history of breast cancer or dense breast tissue puts patients at a greater risk of developing breast cancer. Where disagreement persists, however, is what exactly to do with that information. Some experts believe that providers should implement risk-based mammographic screening for breast cancer, but according to a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology, such a system could delay the detection and treatment of a large number of cancers.

November 21, 2017

$1B lawsuit against eClinicalWorks alleges negligence with EHR, but are similar cases to follow?

In a $1 billion lawsuit against Massachusetts-based electronic health records (EHR) vendor eClinicalWorks, plaintiffs allege the company failed to provide reliable health information for millions of patients, violating certification requirements set by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH).

November 21, 2017

Listening to Tom Petty with Medical Imaging on the Brain

Tom Petty has been a big part of my life for as long as I can remember. I watched his music videos in awe as a young kid, learned his songs on the guitar as a teenager and saw him play live with the Heartbreakers multiple times as an adult. 

November 20, 2017

The Long Road to Compliance

For Imaging Leaders, Keeping Up With Evolving Policies and Safety Standards Gets Harder By the Day

November 20, 2017

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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.

Management

Practice managers demand ‘immediate action’ on physician Medicare pay cut

Interventional radiologists across the globe agree: Specialty must increase awareness

Payment incentives fail to push physicians toward MRI surveillance of low-risk prostate cancer

Reimbursement update: What hospitals need to know about new Medicare payments for cardiac CT

Practice acquisition will create 1 of the largest teleradiology groups in the US

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