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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Houston radiologist named 2015 Physician of the Year by Memorial Hermann

Radiology Partners has announced that Dean Chauvin, MD, was named 2015 Physician of the Year by Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center. Chauvin is a member of Radiology Partners Houston in Houston, Texas. 

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Q&A: What will be the hot topics in breast imaging at AHRA's spring conference?

Terry Bucknall, CRA, director of women's imaging services at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital's Sheila R. Veloz Breast Center shares her thoughts on both the present and the future of the breast imaging industry.

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Collaboration on recommendations for ovarian, adnexal cysts improves adherence

Radiologists may be more likely to adhere to collaborative follow-up recommendations developed at the institutional level than pre-existing recommendations from a larger organization, according to a recent study published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Patient enrollment opens for IDEAS Study

Patient enrollment is officially underway for a new brain amyloid scanning research study managed by the American College of Radiology and American College of Radiology Imaging Network. 

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Trump's healthcare plan mostly a combination of old Republican proposals

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign released an outline of his healthcare plan today, and according to reporting by the Los Angeles Times, it doesn’t offer much that hasn’t been heard before. 

ACR, National Medical Association show support of virtual colonoscopy bill

The National Medical Association is joining the American College of Radiology (ACR) and other advocacy groups in a call to Congress to pass the CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act (HR 4632). 

Volpara Solutions announces new chief marketing officer

Volpara Solutions has announced that Julian Marshall, who has more than 20 years of experience in the breast imaging technology industry, is the company’s new chief marketing officer. Most recently, Marshall served as Hologic’s director of global strategic innovation.

Preauthorization leads to increases in after-hours CT utilization

Implementing a preauthorization policy can lead to increased utilization of after-hours CT, according to a recent Canadian study published in Academic Radiology. The one exception to that rule, the study said, is some neurological examinations.

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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.