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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Coronavirus testing kits under investigation

HHS is investigating a potential problem with the first round of diagnostics for coronavirus after fears of contamination at a lab where government tests were sent. Timothy Stenzel, an FDA official and scientist who visited the government lab, sounded the alarm after witnessing procedures that concerned him.

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Supreme Court will take up ACA lawsuit

The Supreme Court will listen to the legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act that has been working its way through the lower courts. The court made its decision to hear the case Monday, March 2.

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Verizon, radiology provider partner to create ‘next generation medical imaging’ using 5G

The two companies formally launched their partnership, with a ribbon cutting at the new Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub. 

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Stick to breast imaging evidence, radiologists implore: ‘Lives are at stake and compromise is unethical’

The JACR commentary is the latest in a long-running debate over when, and how frequently, women should receive mammography screenings.  

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Affordability, access are top healthcare concerns for physicians

Physicians cited affordability and access to healthcare as the top concerns for the industry in a new survey. And they’re more concerned about these issues in 2020 compared to 2019.

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House OKs bill banning flavored e-cigarette sales

The U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 28 voted to pass the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, which, if further approved by the Senate, would ban the manufacturing and sale of flavored e-cigarettes and tobacco in the country.

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Envision Healthcare names new CEO, says surprise billing inquiry didn’t influence change

The investor-owned company is one of the nation's largest multispecialty, facility-based physician groups, leading a team of more than 900 radiologists.  

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FTC plans to kill a hospital merger

The FTC is moving to block a proposed merger between Jefferson Health and Einstein Healthcare Network, two Philadelphia-based health systems. The two entities have a combined annual revenue of $5.9 billion.