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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The Year in Review: Acquisitions, standards, and value

There’s been a lot of big business news in the imaging world this year, including historic business deals, new headline-grabbing standards, and the continued trend of reimbursements being tied to value.

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ACR praises Congress for including MPPR, USPSTF provisions in $1.1 trillion spending bill

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has issued a statement applauding Congress for passing the $1.1 trillion, 2,000-plus page Omnibus Spending Bill late last week.

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ASRT survey: Enrollment in nuclear medicine education programs on the rise

According to a recent report from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT), the number of students enrolled in radiography, radiation therapy, and nuclear medicine programs was up in 2015, with the most significant increase coming in nuclear medicine programs.

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MITA applauds Congress for including PALS Act in spending bill

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) has released a statement praising Congress for including the Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings (PALS) Act in the $1.1 trillion, 2,000-plus page Omnibus Spending Bill announced earlier this week.

Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute presents new coding system for data

A new resource developed by the American College of Radiology’s Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute allows researchers to organize medical imaging data from claim databases into numerous categories. 

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Have no fear: Radiation oncologist Beatriz E. Amendola on opening a practice

Following her presentation at RSNA, Beatriz E. Amendola, MD, founder of the Innovative Cancer Institute in South Miami, Fla., spoke with RadiologyBusiness.com about the experience of opening up a private practice.

RadNet, Imaging Advantage announce collaboration

RadNet and radiology technology company Imaging Advantage have announced the beginning of a multi-year collaboration, which will take advantage of both RadNet’s outpatient experience and Imaging Advantage’s cloud-based technologies. 

Emory University names radiologist executive VP for health affairs

Emory University has named radiologist Jonathan S. Lewin, MD, the school’s new executive vice president for health affairs. In addition, Lewin will serve as executive director for Emory’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center, president and CEO of Emory Healthcare, and chair of Emory Healthcare’s board of directors. 

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Around the web

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.