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.

Surgeon sued by UnitedHealth over social media post says she’s nearly bankrupt

Elisabeth Potter, MD, said her clinic has been removed from the insurer’s provider networks, putting her business $5 million in debt as she faces a lawsuit over a social media video.

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DOJ lifts challenge to Amedisys-UnitedHealth merger as companies agree to divest 164 medical centers

The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed that divestitures will be made in 19 of the 20 states at high risk of overconsolidation in the hospice market as a result of the merger. The transaction is now expected to move forward.

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Man arrested after using fake medical degree to illegally practice radiology

The individual allegedly conducted thousands of ultrasound exams at a private imaging center over the last two years. 

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New liquid embolic agent for hypervascular tumors gains FDA’s premarket approval

Instylla's Embrace Hydrogel Embolic System minimizes bleeding risks during the embolization of hypervascular tumors in the peripheral arteries.

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Radiologists opt out of $2.8B Blue Cross Blue Shield settlement to pursue own litigation

Plaintiffs in the complaint include Radiology Partners and its affiliates, the Arkansas-based Highlands Oncology Group and Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians. 

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5 takeaways from new ACR, Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine cybersecurity guidance

The two recently convened a panel of multidisciplinary stakeholders to discuss this issue, including radiologists, technologists, informaticists and physicists. 

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Radiologist says specialty should harness AI to prepare for demand spikes

Harvard radiologists recently created a machine learning model based on the number of unread images, which can accurately predict next-day demand.

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What providers should know about patients who post healthcare reviews online

When dissatisfied patients slam provider entities in online reviews, they tend to focus on administrative frustrations and thwarted requests. By contrast, satisfied healthcare consumers write quick, list-like rundowns of things that pleased them.