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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Magnetic Insight announces new collaboration with Stanford School of Medicine

Magnetic Insight, a Newark, Calif.-based diagnostic imaging technology company that specializes in magnetic particle imaging (MPI) has announced a new collaboration with the Stanford School of Medicine that will focus on developing new ways to use MPI to improve patient care.

Owners of 2 clinics arrested for defrauding Medicaid, providing defective mammography services

The owners of Digital Radiology Center and Medisound in Kissimmee, Fla., have been arrested for allegedly defrauding Medicaid out of more than $180,000 in claims. 

Sectra unveils figures from 9-month interim report

Medical IT and technology company Sectra announced earnings figures from May 2015 to January 2016 this week while also calling attention to the company’s recent success in KLAS customer service survey.

Report: Canon to acquire Toshiba Medical Systems for more than $6 billion

According to a new report from Tokyo, Toshiba is selling its Toshiba Medical Systems unit to Canon for more than $6 billion. The companies are still working out the exact details of the highly anticipated deal.

Ohio-Based Radiology Group Enters New Practice Management Partnership with Zotec Partners

 INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zotec Partners (Zotec), the industry leader in radiology revenue cycle and practice management services, announces a practice management agreement with Toledo Radiological Associates (TRA), an Ohio-based radiology group with 34 highly specialized board-certified radiologists. In the extended arrangement, TRA will use Zotec’s professional radiology practice management services and onsite assistance, in conjunction with Zotec’s revenue cycle management, for the group’s ongoing success. 

Facebook data shows medical students and physicians ‘like’ interaction

Facebook is jam-packed with status updates, advertisements, and cute cat videos, but as a recent analysis published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology points out, it is also a “far-reaching means to deliver information and educational materials” for an entire generation of physicians.  

Q&A: Providing service with a smile + what radiology gets wrong about patient satisfaction

Customer service has increasingly been a focus across healthcare, spurred by an ever-shifting competitive landscape and the growing importance of quality measures for payment. Toby Edwards, CRA, director of imaging services at Lake Wales Medical Center in Lake Wales, Fla., explains how imaging specialists can improve customer service.

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Medical students on why they are (and are not) choosing radiology

What draws medical students to radiology? A recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology examined the motivations of students who choose diagnostic radiology and those who do not, finding 7 percent said they planned on applying in diagnostic radiology.

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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.