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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ACR names Chatfield vice president for quality and safety after Wilcox retires

Mythreyi Bhargavan Chatfield, PhD, is the new American College of Radiology (ACR) executive vice president for quality and safety, the ACR announced this week. Chatfield is currently serving as the organization’s senior director for data registries. 

Damon Griffith Joins eRAD as Manager of Channel Sales

eRAD, Inc., a division of RadNet, Inc. and an industry leader in Web-based RIS, PACS and teleradiology workflow solutions, is pleased to announce that Damon Griffith has joined the company in the capacity of Manager, Channel Sales.

Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology opens new location in Levittown

Long Island, N.Y.-based Zwanger-Pesiri Radiology opened its newest location in Levittown,  N.Y., on Oct. 31. It is the company’s 18th location overall. 

ACR, advocacy groups push Congress to pass CT colonography bill

The American College of Radiology (ACR) and numerous colorectal cancer care advocacy groups are publicly urging Congress to pass the recently introduced CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act (S 2262). If passed, the bill would provide Medicare coverage for seniors who choose CT colonography. 

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Make your presence known: 5 ways radiologists can demonstrate value through improved communication

A recent two-part report for Academic Radiology focused on the value of imaging in healthcare and how the imaging community can demonstrate value to “patients, payers, ordering providers, health systems, and society at large.” 

High-fidelity training helps radiologists with contrast reaction management

High-fidelity training sessions can improve contrast reaction management skills for radiologists at all levels, according to a study published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR). 

New ACR Education Center physician-in-chief to focus on modality training, program expansion

The American College of Radiology (ACR) announced this week that Pablo R. Ros, MD, PhD, the ACR Education Center’s new physician-in-chief, will come into the role with a focus on modality training and expanding the program. Ros, a diagnostic radiologist, is also now a member of the ACR Commission on Education. 

Columbus Radiology names new vice president of operations

Columbus Radiology has hired Jason Dodgion to be the its new vice president of operations, the company announced this week. 

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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.