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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Levin joins Outpatient Imaging Affiliates board of directors

Outpatient Imaging Affiliates (“OIA”) announced today that world renown radiologist, David Levin, M.D., has agreed to formally join the OIA Board of Directors.

Man behind multi-million dollar kickback scheme pleads guilty

The ringleader of a multi-million dollar radiology kickback scheme has pleaded guilty to first-degree financial facilitation of criminal activity and second-degree conspiracy to commit commercial bribery.

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Democrats urge House leadership to consider device tax repeal bill

A group of Democrats wrote a letter to House leadership, urging them to consider H.R. 160, the Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015, which would repeal a medical device tax found within the ACA. 

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In the new health economy, providers will go digital or go unpaid: PwC

Healthcare providers that successfully transition to the “New Health Economy” will collect more of their patients’ bills. They will complete the collections more quickly, too, enabling them to better manage cash flow and strip administrative costs to the bone.

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Observers of MEDNAX acquisition have questions; vRad has answers

What is MEDNAX and why did it buy vRad?

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Schaaf receives Order of the Long Leaf Pine

RALEIGH (APRIL 15, 2015) – Dr. Robert Schaaf, who served as president and managing partner of Wake Radiology for 27 years, was presented with The Order of the Long Leaf Pine at a special event on Monday, April 13, on behalf of the Governor of North Carolina.

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MEDNAX acquires vRad for $500 million

MEDNAX, Inc. has announced the acquisition of Virtual Radiologic Corporation (vRad), a radiology physician services and telemedicine company, for $500 million. The deal is scheduled to close during the second quarter of 2015.

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Point-of-care decision support shown to reduce childhood radiation exposure

Hypothesizing that decision-support tools applied at the point of care lead to lower radiation doses and higher compliance with ACR guidelines, researchers have applied a simulated scenario and come back with two thumbs up—one for clinical decision support and the other for pediatric imaging.   

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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.