Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.
ImageCare Radiology announced the decision Nov. 21, with the practice pulling out of Atlantic Health's Hackettstown and Newton Medical Centers effective the same day.
The health insurer is in an ongoing contract dispute with Mary Washington Healthcare and six outpatient centers run in partnership with Radiologic Associates of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Analysts said the decision reflects increasing risk for RP, which faces forthcoming debt maturities and the chance it may need to execute a distressed exchange.
The rapidly growing shortage of radiologists and technologists was by far the biggest concern discussed across the Radiological Society of North America meeting.
Michael Bruno, MD, vice chair for quality and patient safety at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, discusses two hot topics at RSNA 2023.
"If you’re not teaching, you’re not mentoring, then you’re putting us in the position of training the last generation of radiologists," Frank Lexa, MD, MBA, told attendees.