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 to take part in $685 million federal program

The American College of Radiology (ACR) and 38 other healthcare networks and supporting organizations have been chosen to participate in the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative, a $685 million federal investment designed to improve the quality of care in U.S. healthcare. 

Rivanna Medical’s Accuro highlighted during AORA presentation

Rivanna Medical, a medical technology company based out of Charlottesville, Va., announced that its Accuro device was recognized by Anand M. Sardesai, MD, during his presentation at the fifth annual Academy of Regional Anaesthesia (AORA) of India conference.

Are you secure? PACS, MRIs and other medical devices at risk of being hacked, says security experts

If you think your patients and patient information are secure from hackers, you may want to stop and take a closer look. According to a presentation made by two security researchers at DerbyCon 5.0 in Louisville, Ky., many healthcare provider computer systems and medical devices in the United States are vulnerable to hackers.

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Q&A: Learning from the IOM report on diagnostic errors

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report last week about reducing diagnostic errors in healthcare. Anupam B. Jena, MD, PhD, associate professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School, worked on the report as a member of the Committee on Diagnostic Error in Health Care. He spoke with RadiologyBusiness.com to discuss the report’s findings.

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Medicare spending on medical imaging down in all but 2 states since mid-2000s

Medicare part B spending on medical imaging per beneficiary is down in almost every state since peaking in 2005 and 2006, according to a study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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MIPS packs positive—and potentially negative—punch for radiology

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April 16, 2015, marked the beginning of a seismic shift in the healthcare landscape. On that day, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 2, the MACRA, which repeals the SGR formula, extends the CHIP for two years, institutes a 0.5% increase in Medicare reimbursement over the next four and a half years and encourages physicians to transition to APMs.

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Radiology myths considered: 7 debunked, 1—commoditization— confirmed

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The time has come for the profession of radiology to embrace a label it has been furiously trying to beat back for years: commoditization. The battle against those who wield it as a pejorative is not just futile, it's also counterproductive.

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Q&A with Leonard Berlin, MD: Errors, quality and malpractice

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When ACR's Radiology Leadership Institute honored Leonard Berlin, MD, with a 2015 Leadership Luminary Award this past August, some may have assumed Berlin was getting ready to take a bow and move on toward retirement.

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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.