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.

Medtronic SVP Nina Goodheart to retire after nearly 20 years in cardiovascular care
Nina Goodheart, the president of Medtronic’s structural heart and aortic business, has announced her retirement.
Momentum builds as several states propose supplemental breast imaging legislation in 2026
Hawaii is the latest to introduce legislation aimed at closing coverage gaps, following similar action from Alabama, Arizona, California, Rhode Island and South Carolina.
Solis Mammography CEO stepping down
Grant Davies says he is retiring after 6 years leading the Addison, Texas-based breast imaging provider, with a former Carestream exec now taking his place.
Surgery society disavows ‘gender affirming’ interventions for young people
A major medical group with a direct stake in the national debate over gender transitions for minors has come out against providing related clinical measures.
FDA clears algorithm that spots and quantifies incidental lung nodules
The platform provides radiologists with a Malignancy Similarity Index score, used to help determine the likelihood that an incidental nodule is malignant.

Cardiology one of healthcare’s top specialties when it comes to net worth, paying off debt

Nearly half of all cardiologists have a net worth between $1 million and $5 million, according to a new report from Medscape.

Registration now open for RSNA’s 2020 virtual gathering

Typically held in Chicago, this marks the first time ever that America’s largest radiology conference will take place exclusively over the web.

Walmart eyes imaging, primary care expansion with new health centers

It will initially focus on building locations in the Jacksonville, Florida, area, offering many of the same services as its existing clinics and future sites in Illinois

3 rays of light piercing the COVID darkness

There’s good news and bad news from the COVID-19 beat. For the bad news, look anywhere news is disseminated. For the good, start with this compact but formidable roundup.

Top imaging groups warn delayed screenings could cause ‘second healthcare crisis’

The ACR—along with seven other radiology organizations—said thousands could die due to delayed diagnoses caused by the pandemic and urged governors to take action.

American College of Radiology ‘strongly urges’ CMS to delay provider Medicare audits

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services first suspended most fee-for-service reviews back in March because of the pandemic.

Investor-backed radiology firm Envision Healthcare upped lobbying by 400% in Q2

The $400,000 outlay came at a time when overall lobbying across the healthcare sector plummeted, according to a recent analysis.

Confronting COVID’s ‘brutal reality’ while plotting radiology’s post-pandemic future: 5 factors to watch

ACR President Geraldine McGinty, MD, MBA, detailed planning advice from her own institution in a new opinion piece, published in JACR.

Management

Medtronic SVP Nina Goodheart to retire after nearly 20 years in cardiovascular care

Momentum builds as several states propose supplemental breast imaging legislation in 2026

Solis Mammography CEO stepping down

Surgery society disavows ‘gender affirming’ interventions for young people

FDA clears algorithm that spots and quantifies incidental lung nodules