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.

Body found in New Orleans believed to be missing radiologist
Paul Rodrigue, MD, went missing last week and was last seen on Saturday, March 29, in the Mid-City area.
Radiology practice managers speak out against Trump administration tariffs
"Groups have already had to absorb increased costs for contrast agents used in many lifesaving imaging studies, which have doubled in the past 5 years," the RBMA said.
Moral distress is ‘pervasive’ in radiology, with 4 primary causes
Common drivers include performing an unsafe number of studies, lack of administrative support and pressure to conduct unnecessary imaging.
Female radiologists scoring promotions at higher rate than male colleagues
Imaging experts speculated that the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors may be helping to improve gender disparities across the profession.
Diagnostic imaging chain diversifies, adding urology group and its 16 locations
Affidea is one of the largest radiology providers in Europe, operating a network of 391 centers spanning 15 countries and handling 20 million scans annually.

Bill introduced in Congress would raise physician reimbursement by 1.9%

The Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act aims to change the annual Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services physician fee schedule, which cut reimbursement by 2.8% for 2025.

Lawmakers introduce radiologist-endorsed, bipartisan bill to halt Medicare cuts

Greg Murphy, MD, R-N.C., and colleagues are proposing the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act, which would halt a 2.8% reduction to the conversion factor.

Rad Partners aims to take ‘chores of healthcare’ off radiologists’ plates

The partnership is with IKS Health, which helps docs handle duties such as clinical documentation, care team assistance, and pre-visit summaries.

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

The CEO of the country’s largest for-profit, publicly traded health system is bullish on healthcare AI.

Good AI governance can spell the difference between smashing success and mere learning experience

Discussions of AI governance may cause many an eye to glass over, but the discipline is as crucial to the ascent of AI in healthcare as big training datasets drawn from diverse patient populations.

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Private equity owns 900 patient care centers in Philadelphia, report finds

Physical therapy practices in greater Philadelphia are of particular interest to private equity firms, with 271 locations owned by six companies. The report comes from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP).

Pharmacy fined $39M for fraud after 7-day trial

Florida-based Assured RX was found to be complicit in billing a Connecticut health plan $10M, sending kickbacks to co-conspirators who formerly worked for the state.

Practice can be held liable for deadly on-call interventional radiologist delay, appeals court rules

A 63-year-old man visited the Saint Vincent ED in Worcester, Mass., but was told he couldn't receive a crucial IR service for three days, with no available specialist on hand.

Management

Body found in New Orleans believed to be missing radiologist

Radiology practice managers speak out against Trump administration tariffs

Moral distress is ‘pervasive’ in radiology, with 4 primary causes

Female radiologists scoring promotions at higher rate than male colleagues

Diagnostic imaging chain diversifies, adding urology group and its 16 locations