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.

How millennials are changing the way radiology is taught in med schools

Millennials are changing the way medical educators are teaching radiology—and there’s a lot to keep up with, Harvard Medical physician Priscilla J. Slanetz, MD, MPH, wrote in an Academic Radiology editorial last week.

April 3, 2018

Radiology Partners announces deal with Tampa-based Radiology Associates of Florida

El Segundo, California-based Radiology Partners has announced a new partnership with Radiology Associates of Florida (RAF), a Tampa-based private practice first established in 1970.

April 3, 2018

5 things to know about final Medicare Advantage, Part D rule for 2019

CMS has finalized its rule for 2019 rates for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D, giving insurers a bigger-than-expected rate increase while finalizing proposals on expanded supplemental benefits and efforts aimed at fighting opioid addiction.

April 3, 2018
screen_shot_2018-04-03_at_9.22.47_am.png

Obese patients in UK are 'too big' for MRI scanners as canceled exams increase

Obese patients in the U.K. are getting too big to fit into MRI scanners, which can lead to health complications after canceled exams, according to a recent article by BBC News.

April 3, 2018
Education

Penn State College of Medicine creates new department of radiation oncology

Penn State College of Medicine announced, April 2, the creation of a new department of radiation oncology, naming Rickhesvar Mahraj, professor of radiology and pediatrics, as its interim chair.

April 3, 2018

Lower screening mammography recall rates associated with higher interval cancer rates

Lower screening mammography recall rates are associated with higher rates of breast cancers detected between screenings, according to a new study published in Radiology. Does this relationship between recall rates and interval cancers mean breast cancer screening programs should establish a minimum recall rate?

April 3, 2018
learning classroom student training

Penn State College of Medicine announces creation of department of radiation oncology

The Penn State College of Medicine announced Monday, April 2, that it has created a new department of radiation oncology. Rickhesvar Mahraj, MD, a professor of radiology and pediatrics, is the department’s interim chair.

April 2, 2018

Doctors suing Atrium Health will be allowed to leave system

In a lawsuit aimed at allowing a physician practice to break away from the region’s dominant health system, physicians at the Mecklenburg Medical Group (MMG) have accused Charlotte’s Atrium Health of monopolistic practices that have been harmful to patients and go against its nonprofit mission. Atrium responded by saying the 92 doctors who want to leave will be allowed to do so.

April 2, 2018