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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Growth Continues for the Nation’s Largest Private Radiology Practice

Fort Worth, TX – April 4th, 2015 – Radiology Associates of North Texas, P.A. (Radiology Associates) announced today that effective March 31st, 2016, Texas Neuroradiology, P.A. (TNR) and Radiological Consultants Association, P.A. (RCA) have finalized agreements to join Radiology Associates.  These are the 4th and 5th radiology practices to join Radiology Associates within the last 6 years.

NDSC announces new offices in downtown Madison

National Decision Support Company (NDSC) has announced its plan to open offices in downtown Madison, Wis. 

Highly disruptive: Interruptions cause radiologists to lose focus in reading room

Reading room interruptions often cause radiologists to completely disengage from the case at hand, wasting the radiologists’ time and potentially delaying care, according to a recent study published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Q&A: Elizabeth A. Ignacio on prior authorization headaches in Hawaii

Elizabeth A. Ignacio, MD, president of the Hawaii Radiological Society, spoke with RadiologyBusiness.com about the continued saga of prior authorization in Hawaii.

SIR honors radiologists at annual meeting

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) posthumously honored Renan Uflacker, MD, earlier this week with its SIR Foundation Leaders in Innovation Award. The announcement was made at the organization’s Annual Scientific Meeting in Vancouver. 

New documentary puts spotlight on ‘music on ribs'

In February, HealthImaging.com shared the story of music fans in the USSR hiding Western music on x-rays when it was banned. At the time, it was known as “music on ribs” or “jazz on bones.” The Vinyl Factory has produced a short documentary on the subject called “X-Ray Audio: The Documentary.”

Canadian radiologists buy 80-acre farm, open distillery

Peter Stroz and his wife, Sophia, are both radiologists. They wanted a chance of pace, something to do on the weekends when they weren’t practicing medicine. But instead of, say, taking up tennis or joining a country club, they bought an 80-acre farm in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada, and opened up a distillery. 

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Q&A: Candescent Health founder and CEO Scott Seidelmann on radiology, being a healthcare entrepreneur, and more

Scott Seidelmann, founder and CEO of Candescent Health, spoke with RadiologyBusiness.com via telephone, providing insight into the current state of radiology and addressing some of the industry’s current challenges.

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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.