Business Intelligence

Providers utilize business intelligence to monitor referral patterns and collaborate with clinicians who order their services. Such analytics tools have also been deployed in the specialty to improve productivity, track patient satisfaction and bolster quality.

Former healthcare CEO sentenced to 5 years in prison for role in $212M fraud conspiracy
Parmjit “Paul” Parmar, 55, from New Jersey has also been ordered to pay $125 million in restitution. The scheme to defraud investors was uncovered in 2017.
Analysis: The public may not be wrong to think of the ED as the ‘front door’ of the hospital
The perception is probably more pronounced in community hospital EDs than their academic counterparts.
Physicians are quitting sooner, younger and for different priorities than in years past
Physicians who walk away from medicine before reaching their 25th year of practice tend to quit mainly due to the stress and hassles of the job.
UnitedHealthcare looks to reduce prior authorizations by 30% before end of 2026
The insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group said the shift is part of its ongoing effort to eliminate the barriers between care delivery and medical coverage. The full list of services exempt from prior authorizations includes diagnostic tests and many outpatient surgeries.
Atrium Health looking to scoop up smaller nonprofit health system in $2B deal
WakeMed, a three-hospital system in the North Carolina capital region of Raleigh, would become part of Advocate Health, Atrium’s parent company, if the deal goes through. Advocate is one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in the U.S.

Imaging industry names in the news: GE HealthCare, OncoNano, NeuroLogica, NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes and Inhibrx

GE HealthCare has begun trading as an independent company on the Nasdaq exchange. To mark the occasion and showcase its completed spinoff from General Electric, the company remotely rang the opening bell at Nasdaq from its manufacturing facility in Waukesha, Wis.

Radiologists 2 of the 3 best-paid physicians in Canadian maritime province

A published list shows all three grossing an annual salary of at least $1.95 million in Canadian Medicare billings.

Regulatory nod granted to inhalable gas contrast for hyperpolarized lung MRI

The FDA has cleared Polarean Imaging’s xenon gas-based MRI contrast agent for evaluating pulmonary function in patients aged 12 years and up.

Imaging industry names in the news: Butterfly Network, iThera Medical, Novosound, PaxeraHealth

Noteworthy market developments listed in the order announcements were posted.

Healthcare leaders react to $1.7T government funding bill

Healthcare stakeholders throughout U.S. medicine, including radiology leaders, aren’t waiting for the ink to dry before speaking their minds.

Fluorescent imaging agent gets FDA nod for use during lung cancer surgery

A molecular contrast agent previously cleared for use during surgery for ovarian cancer may now be used in similar fashion during lung operations.

Radiologists exhorted to take charge of change (or learn to live with receding relevance)

The unfolding scenario is packing some serious threats to the livelihoods of the unprepared.

AI specialists ink deal with Pfizer to target cardiac amyloidosis

Cardiac amyloidosis can be especially challenging to identify and diagnose, making it a perfect target for advanced AI models.

Business Intelligence

Former healthcare CEO sentenced to 5 years in prison for role in $212M fraud conspiracy

Analysis: The public may not be wrong to think of the ED as the ‘front door’ of the hospital

Physicians are quitting sooner, younger and for different priorities than in years past

UnitedHealthcare looks to reduce prior authorizations by 30% before end of 2026

Atrium Health looking to scoop up smaller nonprofit health system in $2B deal