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.

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RSNA convenes expert panel to provide key insights on vaping outbreak

As radiologists continue to encounter e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury, the RSNA convened an expert panel Monday, Dec. 2, to share the latest clinical guidance. 

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RSNA 2019: Dr. Vijay Rao on why hospital radiology departments must grow to compete

Hospital radiology departments hoping to survive and thrive in healthcare’s volume-to-value era must get creative—and even somewhat aggressive—about growing their outpatient business.

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Global medical costs will rise again in 2020

Medical care costs are set to rise again in 2020, with a projected increased of 6.8%, according to the 2020 Global Medical Trends Survey Report from Willis Towers Watson.

 

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Reconciliation limitations led CMS to overpay hospitals $500M

Hospitals were overpaid by roughly $502 million from 2011 to 2014, according to a report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG), which blamed the overpayment on CMS limitations on the reconciliation period.

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Deportation worries elevate Latinas’ risk of hypertension

Worries about deportation could be contributing to worse heart health among Latina women in the U.S., according to work published Nov. 27 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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Trump’s drug importation plan faces news challenges

President Trump’s plan to allow the importation of certain drugs from Canada is facing new challenges from the Canadian government, according to The Hill.

 

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Teen obesity may damage parts of the brain that regulates appetite, emotion

Researchers from the University of São Paulo hope this finding fuels the creation of better means to address a burgeoning epidemic.

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RSNA 2019: A revised perspective is central to a new era of patient-centered radiology

Valerie P. Jackson, MD, president of RSNA, suggested that radiologists look within themselves, step out of the reading room and connect with others to move toward this “long desired goal."