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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South Jersey Radiology Associates Merges with Booth Radiology

Two of New Jersey’s oldest imaging center operators, South Jersey Radiology Associates and Booth Radiology have merged forming a 13-location, 60 radiologist practice

OIG and CMS Revise Rules on Donations of EHR Technology

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) have published final rules to renew and revise the 2006 EHR exception and safe harbor from self-referral/anti-kickback requirements

December Employment Numbers Show Rare Drop for Health Care

The overall drop in health care employment recorded by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics may reflect efficiencies in care

Population Health and Job Security

A new report from Premier, Inc, indicates that hospital leadership is moving more slowly than previously signaled when it comes to active ACO participation. 

CHS Poised to Become 206 Hospital Mega Provider

Holders of Health Management Associates, Inc., (HMA) stock have overwhelmingly approved a $7.5 billion deal for HMA to be acquired by rival Community Health Systems, Inc., (CHS) creating the nation’s largest publicly-traded hospital company

Imaging3 CEO Facing SEC Suit Resigns Position

Dean Norman Janes, the now former CEO of Imaging3, leaves the Burbank, Calif.-based developer of the Dominion Volumetric Imaging Scanner amid allegations that the intentionally mislead investors in the company about the true reasons the Dominion scanner failed three times to get U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) 501k clearance

Montana Hospital Meaningful Use Suit Could Be First of Many

With less than 10 percent of EHR vendors whose products met 2011 edition meaningful use certification criteria going on to meet the 2014 edition criteria, hospitals and physician organizations who bought the wrong product may need to turn to the courts in hopes of getting some of their investment back

Lung Cancer Screening Advocates’ Work Far From Over

With the USPSTF grade B recommendation in hand, proponents of responsible screening for lung cancer with low-dose CT now turn toward the critical problem of actually getting those at high risk for lung cancer tested

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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.