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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Improved DBNs and Assessments: Necessary, Not Nice to Have

The radiology community has an opportunity to raise the bar on patient care

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MIPS: The New Deal

CMS rearranges the hoops in its proposed rule for value-based payment

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Judgment Upgrade: Improving Forecasting Techniques

A recent report on best practices in forecasting has the potential for long-range positive impact in many fields, including medical research and the development and operation of healthcare provider organizations.

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How We Do It: Baptist Health South Florida Lung Nodule Clinic

Baptist Health South Florida, a six-hospital system in South Florida, implemented a multidisciplinary low-dose CT lung cancer screening program in July of 2014, spearheaded by 72-radiologist practice Radiology Associates of South Florida, Miami, and Juan Batlle, MD, director of the program.

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Culture and the Practice Merger

As radiology groups consolidate, strategies for negotiating the successful merging of cultures are imperative

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Using Patient Registries to Improve Care: PQRS, MQSA and Beyond

As radiology transitions to value-based reimbursement, patient data registries stand to play an increasingly important role

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Lung Cancer Screening: Report from the Field

A review of lung cancer screening programs from East to West reveals the trials and tribulations of population health management.

Georgia Radiology Group renews RCM agreement with Zotec Partners

Zotec Partners, a medical billing and practice management company based out of Indianapolis, announced this week that its revenue cycle management (RCM) services agreement with Radiology Associates of Macon (RAM) has been renewed. 

Around the web

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.