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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Teleradiology firm announces $13 million investment for cloud-based imaging services

On August 2, StatRad, a San Diego-based teleradiology company, announced a $13 million equity investment from a strategic partner to continue development technology for producing and sharing cloud-based medical images.

Radiology Protocols names new CEO

Medical imaging device manager Radiology Protocols named a new CEO July 29 to bring in new, experienced talent to its management team.

Sunayna Bakaya named medical director of imaging for three California hospitals

Sunayna Bakaya, MD, has been named the new medical director of imaging for three Long Beach, California, hospitals: Long Beach Memorial, Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach and Community Hospital Long Beach. She previously worked at all three facilities as chief of body imaging. 

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Physician trainees aren’t being properly prepared to order imaging

A recent study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology confirmed something that most radiologists likely already knew to be true: physician trainees do not have a firm grasp of the costs associated with medical imaging. 

Most postgraduate physician trainees don’t know costs associated with imaging

Complaints about the cost of healthcare are common throughout the country, with patients often saying they have no idea how much a certain service may cost until it’s too late. But what about the individuals actually ordering the services? Do they know the costs? According to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, postgraduate physician trainees have “limited awareness” of the costs of common imaging examinations. 

Radiology Partners expands as Columbus Radiology joins the ranks

“Better together” is a term not taken lightly by radiology professionals. Columbus Radiology has joined Radiology Partners (RP), bringing RP's total number of facilities to 200 in seven states.

Can-do hospital raffles cars to help pay for new CT

When a community hospital needs a $1.9 million CT scanner, its foundation turns to its community.

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Neiman Institute study finds substantial growth in CTA exams for Medicare patients

Within the last decade, the number of computed tomography angiography (CTA) examinations have substantially increased in the Medicare population.

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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.