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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NCI study: Breast cancer cases could increase by 50% by 2030

Breast cancer cases in the United States could increase by 50% by 2030, according to new analysis conducted by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Philip S. Rosenberg, PhD, a senior investigator at the NCI, announced the findings Monday at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting.

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Breast cancer hits Black women hard in Nebraska, raising disparity issues

A recent analysis of Nebraska’s cancer register has shown a troubling level of racial disparity in survivorship among breast-cancer patients.

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Inventive technologist eases patient pain, workflow drain

When the patient experience gets tough, the radiology technologist gets empathetic. 

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Radiologist honored with leadership fellowship

Mary Mahoney, MD, interim chair of radiology at the University of Cincinnati, was selected for the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program, a year-long fellowship for women faculty in schools of medicine, dentistry and public health. 

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Only 7% of hospitals received five stars from new CMS rating system

The CMS rolled out new star ratings for over 3,500 hospitals this week based on consumer reviews, and only 7% received five-star ratings. Four- and three-star ratings, meanwhile, combined to make up 74% of the total ratings. Another 16% of hospitals received two stars, and 3%—101 hospitals total—received one star.

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Pisano to U.S. women: Don't change mammography schedules

Another negative study on the effectiveness of mammography was recently published in Health Affairs, picking up mainstream media coverage everywhere from CNBC and NPR to the Daily Mail. 

ACR and Alzheimer’s Association lead trial to inform Medicare PET brain amyloid imaging coverage

April 16, 2015 - A new four-year research study, with an estimated budget of $100 million, was announced April 16 by the Alzheimer's Association and the American College of Radiology (ACR). The Imaging Dementia - Evidence for Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) Study will determine the clinical usefulness and value in diagnosing Alzheimer's and other dementias in certain situations of a brain positron emission tomography (PET) scan that detects a core feature of Alzheimer's disease.

Physician groups weigh in on bill to overhaul Medicare payment system

With the SGR in the rear-view mirror, organized medicine weighed in on the historic overhaul of the Medicare physician payment system.

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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.