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 seek injunction forcing governor to restore radiologist’s role on state medical board

The Liberty Justice Center filed the motion on Tuesday in its ongoing lawsuit against Wyoming's Republican Gov. Mark Gordon. 

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Academic radiology faculty face salary gaps across nearly all ranks

The salary gap remains at about 6%, with male academic radiologists earning about $483,000 versus $455,000 for women, experts wrote in Radiology

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New York governor signs bill to expand coverage for breast imaging

The legislation changes state insurance laws to require individual, group and nonprofit health plans to reimburse for both screening and diagnostic imaging. 

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Company aiming to automate medical coding in radiology raises $47M

Across its customer base of physician groups, health systems and hospitals, Nym has processed over 6 million charts annually. 

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Jury awards woman $7M after radiologist misread leaves her blind at age 23

The case dates to November 2020 when Allison Mitchell was admitted at Saint Vincent Hospital for a headache that led to her losing consciousness.

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Only 12% of medical students stick with radiology from matriculation to graduation

Meanwhile, 52% of students stay with orthopedics from start to finish, placing it No. 1 ahead of neurosurgery (42%) and pediatrics (41%). 

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Radiopharmaceutical firm Aktis Oncology raises $175M in Series B financing

The Boston clinical stage biotechnology company is working to develop new products to treat a range of solid tumors. 

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Governor vetoes bill to increase scrutiny of private equity physician practice purchases

The bill would have given the state attorney general power to impose conditions on the acquisition of radiology groups or other healthcare entities. 

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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.

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

After reviewing years of data from its clinic, one institution discovered that issues with implant data integrity frequently put patients at risk. 

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