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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Prioritizing mammogram reads based on breast density improves radiologist performance

Amid staffing shortages and rising imaging volumes, practices are seeking ways to increase efficiency, and Dutch scientists may have found a solution. 

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Physicians, hospitals cry foul after court deems No Surprises Act decisions ‘unenforceable’

The ruling "gives insurers significant leverage to demand confiscatory discounts from out-of-network providers," the AMA, American Hospital Association and others contend. 

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Siemens Healthineers signs imaging value partnership worth over $60M

University Hospital Nantes in France will replace existing equipment with 9 new CT scanners and 6 MRI machines, among other upgrades in the 12-year contract. 

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How a Federally Qualified Health Center quashed common barriers to lung cancer screening

Experts created new lung cancer screening pathways within CommUnityCare Health Centers—a large, diverse FQHC system in Central Texas.

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Radiologists rarely represented in movies, limiting patient awareness about the specialty

Based on an IMDb search, radiologists appear as key parts of the plot in about 19 titles, with only nine available on major streaming platforms. 

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American College of Radiology partners with FDA to hasten availability of AI products

The administration is seeking greater communication between the manufacturers of breakthrough devices and physician professional societies such as the ACR. 

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Radiopharmaceutical firm Pentixapharm raises $22M through initial public stock offering

Founded in 2019, the firm is focused on developing products for the diagnosis and therapy of blood cancers and other indications not addressed by nuclear medicine. 

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How 1 hospital cut its CT scheduling interval from 6 weeks to 3 days, adding $1.6M in revenue

The University of Rochester Medical Center operates two major imaging sites that handle most outpatient CT requests, completing an average of nearly 3,300 exams each month. 
 

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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.

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

After reviewing years of data from its clinic, one institution discovered that issues with implant data integrity frequently put patients at risk. 

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