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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Four words can help community radiologists perform PQI projects

Radiologists can use a four-step process created by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) to turn day-to-day hard work into Practice Quality Improvement (PQI) projects, according to recent analysis in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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ACR, HIMSS weigh in on MU stage 3 requirements

CMS issued a proposed rule on stage 3 meaningful use (MU) requirements of its electronic health record (EHR) incentive program on March 30. With the 60-day comment period coming to a close, numerous groups—including the American College of Radiology (ACR), Healthcare Informations and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)—have weighed in on the proposed rule.

Commitment to HIE implementation can result in less exams, more savings

The implementation of health information exchange (HIE) platforms can lead to decreases in the number of radiology exams completed by an emergency department (ED) and significant savings, according to research by Brookings Institution fellow Niam Yaraghi.

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Two EDs using HIE platforms slash imaging orders: small but careful study

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has awarded more than half a billion dollars to fund the formation and growth of health information exchanges (HIEs). Has the return been worth the investment? One researcher has looked into that question, found a qualified Yes—and pointed to decreased radiology utilization as a prime piece of supporting evidence. 

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More, more, more: Patients to continue increasing their out-of-pocket payments

The past 35 years have seen U.S. consumers pay for a steadily growing portion of their own healthcare. In fact they’ve ponied up roughly $40 to $50 more each year, driving the average annual out-of-pocket expense from $250 in 1980 to $1,300 in 2015. 

Update: Michigan breast density reporting bill goes into effect on June 1

Michigan’s breast density reporting bill, signed into law by Gov. Rick Snyder in January, goes into effect June 1.

As potentially harmful devices make headlines, patients have an alternative in IR

A medical device primarily used for hysterectomies is in the news again, this time for being investigated by the FBI—and the development may lead to more patients turning to interventional radiologists for an alternative procedure.

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Jobs up, jobs down—a sign of these healthcare times

It’s a duo of developments that are completely unrelated yet similarly themed and coincidentally timed. Within the space of hours, one prestigious U.S. hospital system gives word of layoffs and another announces wage increases.

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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.