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.

Ransomware attack on DaVita kidney care clinics exposes 2.7M patients
The initial incident happened in April. Since that time, the notorious cybercrime cell Interlock has claimed responsibility. A data dump from the breach was put up for sale on the dark web.
MGMA raises alarm over 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, warns of access crisis
Many make federal reimbursement plans into an issue about high-payed specialists complaining about pay cuts, but these fees are what also pays nurses, technicians, support staff and administrators. Payment keeps the doors of brick-and-mortar medical practices open, MGMA warns.
Hospital apologizes after imaging delay results in needle being left in patient
The organization is under fire after the patient’s wife charged that it could have prevented her husband’s untimely death.
Cardiology practices must be more sustainable to survive
Cardiology faces one of its most challenging decades ahead, with mounting pressures from workforce shortages, an aging population and declining reimbursements. To remain sustainable, practices are forced to rethink how care is delivered from the ground up.
American College of Radiology criticizes BCBS affiliate’s reimbursement policy change
Effective Feb. 1, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is no longer issuing separate payment for 3D rendering of imaging services (covered by CPT codes 76376 and 76377).

Ransomware attack on DaVita kidney care clinics exposes 2.7M patients

The initial incident happened in April. Since that time, the notorious cybercrime cell Interlock has claimed responsibility. A data dump from the breach was put up for sale on the dark web.

nders Gilberg, MGA, senior vice president, government affairs at Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), shares concerns about the draft fee schedule published in July. Congress was poised to reverse part of the cut in physician pay last December, but Elon Musk intervened and no fix was made. Congress instead made promises to help in 2026, but MGMA says it is not enough.

MGMA raises alarm over 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, warns of access crisis

Many make federal reimbursement plans into an issue about high-payed specialists complaining about pay cuts, but these fees are what also pays nurses, technicians, support staff and administrators. Payment keeps the doors of brick-and-mortar medical practices open, MGMA warns.

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Hospital apologizes after imaging delay results in needle being left in patient

The organization is under fire after the patient’s wife charged that it could have prevented her husband’s untimely death.

Geoffrey Rose, MD, president of Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, discusses how to manage a sustainable cardiology practice in the coming decade and what challenges are involved.

Cardiology practices must be more sustainable to survive

Cardiology faces one of its most challenging decades ahead, with mounting pressures from workforce shortages, an aging population and declining reimbursements. To remain sustainable, practices are forced to rethink how care is delivered from the ground up.

American College of Radiology criticizes BCBS affiliate’s reimbursement policy change

Effective Feb. 1, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is no longer issuing separate payment for 3D rendering of imaging services (covered by CPT codes 76376 and 76377).

Ultrasound after negative CT scan offers little benefit in emergency gynecological care

“Clinicians should carefully weigh the additional resource utilization against the potential benefit," Yale University emergency medicine experts write in JACR.

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Radiologist urges specialty to avoid temptation of tapping NPs and PAs to address imaging backlogs

Jonathan R. Medverd, MD, emphasized the valuable role such professionals play on physician-led teams, but emphasized they do not have the skills to interpret medical images.

Johns Hopkins researchers: Time is running out to leverage AI for patients beyond a certain age

If three sticking points aren’t unstuck soon, older Americans won’t benefit much by the 1,000+ medical devices that, as of 2025, are both equipped with AI and cleared by the FDA.