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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Health Care Employment Grows in 2012

Health care added 45,000 jobs in December, and total health care employment rose by 338,000 in 2012

Deborah Bowen Named President/CEO of ACHE

The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) has named Deborah J. Bowen, FACHE, CAE, president and chief executive officer

Most Physicians Not Meeting Medicare (PQRS) Quality Reporting Requirements

A new study shows that fewer than one in five healthcare providers meet Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) requirements

Canon Announces Leadership Team for Canon Solutions America

Chairman & CEO and president positions for the new subsidiary will go to Cannon veteran leaders Joe Adachi (left) and Toyotsugu Kuwamura

AHRA and Toshiba Award Seven Grants to Hospitals

The recipients of the fifth annual Putting Patients First grant program won for initiativers to improve education and patient care in diagnostic imaging

ASTRO Concerned $300 Million Cut to Radiation Oncology Skips Established Rate Setting Methods

The chairman of ASTRO expressed concern that to fund a 1-year SGR fix, Congress took money from radiosurgery without considering the impact on cancer care

MITA Blasts Congress for Medicare Cuts in Fiscal Cliff Deal and Failure to Stop Device Tax

Congress' actions will have a "devastating" impact on patient access to care, manufacturing jobs and medical research and development, MITA says.

RadNet Acquires Manhattan-based Lenox Hill Radiology for $30.3 Million

The acquisition gives RadNet an entry into the Manhattan area and is expected to add $40 million of revenue per year.

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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.