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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Study finds low overall discrepancy rate between residents, attending radiologists

Academic radiology departments have traditionally asked trainees to provide after-hours interpretations, with an attending radiologists confirming the findings the following morning. But concerns over quality have led some facilities to employ attending radiologists around the clock. 

New Zealand actively recruiting sonographers from the UK

New Zealand is presently experiencing a significant sonographer shortage, so they’ve turned to recruiting qualified applicants from the UK. 

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In radiology, educators must balance 'the known' and 'the unknown'

Modern radiology educators have grown too reliant on “the known”—asking straightforward questions with only one correct answer—and should consider embracing “the unknown,” according to a recent editorial published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Society of Interventional Radiology offers recommendations to CMS on new payment rules

FAIRFAX, Va. (June 28, 2016)— The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recommending changes to the April 27 Quality Payment Program proposed rule. 

SIR submits comments to CMS regarding proposed payment rules

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) submitted comments to CMS regarding the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) proposed rules, saying the rules could have “unintended consequences for access to care, quality.” 

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Q&A: USPSTF Chair Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo on the task force's cancer screening recommendations

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issues recommendations about “clinical preventive services such as screenings, counseling services, and preventive medications,” and its recommendations for breast cancer screening and colorectal cancer screening have both made headlines in 2016.

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McKesson’s technology business to merge with Change Healthcare to form new company

Following speculation earlier this month, McKesson announced today it is merging its McKesson Technology Solutions (MTS) business with Nashville, Tenn.-based Change Healthcare to form a brand new healthcare IT company.

Las Vegas radiology provider opens its seventh outpatient location

A Nevada radiology company is improving and expanding its operations with new top executives and the opening of an outpatient center as it celebrates its 50th year in business.

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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.