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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Attorneys tackle overpayments, RAs, courtesy exception to Stark

Radiologist assistants (RAs) and radiology practitioner assistants (RPAs) may not supervise any imaging exams. 

Zotec Partners Hosts Former President George W. Bush at RSNA Social Event

Zotec Partners (Zotec), an industry-leading provider of radiology billing and practice management services, hosted a unique and unforgettable social event for its clients and prospective clients at last week’s Radiological Society of North America’s (RSNA) 100th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. Each year at the RSNA Annual Meeting, many organizations host social events for associates, vendors, physicians and clients. To commemorate the RSNA’s 100th anniversary, Zotec was thrilled to host an evening with former President George W. Bush for its clients and prospective clients.

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Ronald L. Arenson, M.D., FACR, named RSNA president

CHICAGO — Ronald L. Arenson, M.D., FACR, was named president of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Board of Directors today at the Society's annual meeting in Chicago.

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RSNA 2014: 5 takeaways

Here is the undeniable truth: RSNA is a marathon, a long-distance race that requires strategy, stamina and will. From the session rooms to the exhibit floor to the many fine restaurants in the magnificent city of Chicago, there is no better place to go hunting and gathering for domain-specific knowledge in radiology.

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Lawyers offer help, hints as government cracks down on radiology

The last two years have seen a marked increase in the number of investigations, prosecutions and settlements involving imaging centers and radiologists. 

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Healthcare in transition

The business of healthcare continues to change and radiology groups are looking beyond the bare branches of low hanging fruit which have provided short-term fixes to various business and reimbursement challenges. 

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Interoperability top focus of ONC strategic plan

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information technology (ONC) on Monday released the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2015-2020 with a definitive focus on interoperability. 

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Radiology Analytics – The Data Driven Passion of a Healthcare CIO

Sponsored by vRad

When vRad rolled out its latest “Look in the Mirror” Radiology Patient Care (RPCSM) Indices and Global Practice Information (GPISM) reports this past fall—the latest free-to-subscribers offerings in the company’s mushrooming analytics portfolio—CIO Shannon Werb paused to think back over his first year with the company. Driving change was the subject at hand when Werb recently took questions from imagingBiz.

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The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

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.

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.